HTS tariff line · chapter 40
4017.00.00
Hard rubber (for example, ebonite) in all forms, including waste and scrap; articles of hard rubber
Analysis
HTS 4017.00.00 covers hard rubber (for example, ebonite) in all forms, including waste and scrap; articles of hard rubber under heading 4017 (hard rubber (for example, ebonite) in all forms, including waste and scrap; articles of…).
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 80%, 29.6 times the general rate.
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 2.7%. 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 general duty rate is 2.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 40 (53rd percentile of 142 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $270 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
It is the only US line under subheading 4017.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 4017.00 points straight here.