6803.00.50

Analysis

HTS 6803.00.50 covers worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate: other under heading 6803 (worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate).

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 3.3% to 3.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 6803.00.10 (worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate: roofing…) at 3.3%, a difference of 3.3 points on the customs value.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 60% of the 67 tariff lines in chapter 68 that are also free. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.