HTS Index

HTS heading 2821

Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colors containing 70 percent or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 — 8 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
2821Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colors containing 70 percent or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 + Ch. 99not stated
2821.10.00Iron oxides and hydroxides + Ch. 993.7%
2821.10.00.10Black + Ch. 993.7% (inherited from 2821.10.00)kg
2821.10.00.20Red + Ch. 993.7% (inherited from 2821.10.00)kg
2821.10.00.30Yellow + Ch. 993.7% (inherited from 2821.10.00)kg
2821.10.00.40Other + Ch. 993.7% (inherited from 2821.10.00)kg
2821.10.00.50Other + Ch. 993.7% (inherited from 2821.10.00)kg
2821.20.00.00Earth colors + Ch. 995.5%kg

5 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

8 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.