6902.20.50

Analysis

HTS 6902.20.50 covers containing by weight more than 50 percent of alumina (Al2O3), of silica (SiO2) or of a mixture or compound of these products: other under heading 6902 (refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in metric tons.

For statistics it divides in two: 6902.20.50.10 for alumina and 6902.20.50.20 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 27% of the 82 tariff lines in chapter 69. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 30% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 30% duty.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 327120 (Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing), an industry of 461 US establishments employing 23,500 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.