HTS Index

HTS heading 3814

Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers — 6 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
3814.00Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers + Ch. 99not stated
3814.00.10.00Containing 5 percent or more but not more than 25 percent by weight of one or more aromatic or modified aromatic substances + Ch. 996.5%kg
3814.00.20.00Containing more than 25 percent by weight of one or more aromatic or modified aromatic substances + Ch. 996.5%kg
3814.00.50Other + Ch. 996%
3814.00.50.10Containing methyl chloroform (1,1,1-trichloro- ethane) or carbon tetrachloride + Ch. 996% (inherited from 3814.00.50)kg
3814.00.50.90Other + Ch. 996% (inherited from 3814.00.50)kg

2 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

6 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.