Analysis
Subheading 6812.99 covers other, within heading 6812. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 3 US tariff lines below it are national.
Every one of its 3 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The US splits it as follows: 6812.99.10 for paper, millboard and felt (duty-free), 6812.99.20 for compressed asbestos fiber jointing, in sheets or rolls (duty-free) and 6812.99.90 for other: other (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (327999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Goods only reach 6812.99 once they fall within heading 6812 (fabricated asbestos fibers; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6812.99.10 | Paper, millboard and felt | Free |
| 6812.99.20 | Compressed asbestos fiber jointing, in sheets or rolls | Free |
| 6812.99.90 | Other: other | Free |