Analysis
HTS 6902.90.50 covers other: 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: 6902.90.50.10 for clay and 6902.90.50.20 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 27% of the 82 tariff lines in chapter 69, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6902.10.10 | Containing by weight, singly or together, more than 50 percent of the elements magnesium, calcium or chromium, expressed as MgO, CaO or Cr2O3: magnesite bricks | Free |
| 6902.10.50 | Containing by weight, singly or together, more than 50 percent of the elements magnesium, calcium or chromium, expressed as MgO, CaO or Cr2O3: other | Free |
| 6902.20.10 | Containing by weight more than 50 percent of alumina (Al2O3), of silica (SiO2) or of a mixture or compound of these products: bricks | Free |
| 6902.20.50 | Containing by weight more than 50 percent of alumina (Al2O3), of silica (SiO2) or of a mixture or compound of these products: other | Free |
| 6902.90.10 | Other: bricks | Free |