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HTS tariff line · chapter 39

3917.32.00

Other tubes, pipes and hoses: other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings

Analysis

HTS 3917.32.00 covers other tubes, pipes and hoses: other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings under heading 3917 (tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in 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.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.5%. Compared with 3917.10.10 (of cellulosic plastics materials), which pays 6.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.4 percentage points.

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.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 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.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 8.1 times the general rate.

Statistical suffixes

CodeDescriptionUnitsNAICS
3917.32.00.10Of polyvinyl chloridekg326220
3917.32.00.20Of polyethylenekg326220
3917.32.00.50Otherkg326220

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
3917.10.10Of cellulosic plastics materials6.5%
3917.10.60Other: of collagenFree
3917.10.90Other: other4.2%
3917.21.00Of polymers of ethylene3.1%
3917.22.00Of polymers of propylene3.1%
3917.23.00Of polymers of vinyl chloride3.1%
3917.29.00Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid: of other plastics3.1%
3917.31.00Flexible tubes, pipes and hoses, having a minimum burst pressure of 27.6 MPa3.1%
3917.33.00Other tubes, pipes and hoses: other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittings3.1%
3917.39.00Other tubes, pipes and hoses: other3.1%
3917.40.00Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics: fittings5.3%

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