Analysis
HTS 3917.29.00 covers tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid: of other plastics under heading 3917 (tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in thousands and kilograms.
This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 3917.10.10 (of cellulosic plastics materials) at 6.5%, a difference of 3.4 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3.1% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 39 (21st percentile of 236 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $310 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 3917.29.00.50 for less than 200 mm in length and 3917.29.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the civil aircraft agreement, and 14 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.1%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3917.10.10 | Of cellulosic plastics materials | 6.5% |
| 3917.10.60 | Other: of collagen | Free |
| 3917.10.90 | Other: other | 4.2% |
| 3917.21.00 | Of polymers of ethylene | 3.1% |
| 3917.22.00 | Of polymers of propylene | 3.1% |
| 3917.23.00 | Of polymers of vinyl chloride | 3.1% |
| 3917.31.00 | Flexible tubes, pipes and hoses, having a minimum burst pressure of 27.6 MPa | 3.1% |
| 3917.32.00 | Other tubes, pipes and hoses: other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings | 3.1% |
| 3917.33.00 | Other tubes, pipes and hoses: other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittings | 3.1% |
| 3917.39.00 | Other tubes, pipes and hoses: other | 3.1% |
| 3917.40.00 | Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics: fittings | 5.3% |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.08 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter