Analysis
HTS 8111.00.49 covers unwrought manganese: other under heading 8111 (manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 14%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8111.00.30 (manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap: waste and…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 14 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 11 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 14%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The general duty rate is 14% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 81 (96th percentile of 71 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,400 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 8111.00.49.10 for powder containing at least 99.5 percent by weight manganese and 8111.00.49.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8111.00.30 | Manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap: waste and scrap | Free |
| 8111.00.47 | Flake containing at least 99.5 percent by weight manganese | 14% |
| 8111.00.60 | Other: other | 3.7% |