6812.80.90

Analysis

HTS 6812.80.90 covers of crocidolite: other under heading 6812 (fabricated asbestos fibers; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 8.3%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6812.91.10 (clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear: footwear), at 8.3%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 8.3 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 60% of the 67 tariff lines in chapter 68. 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.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 327999 (All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing), an industry of 415 US establishments employing 11,803 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.