HTS Index

HTS heading 3815

Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included — 11 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
3815Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included + Ch. 99not stated
3815.11.00.00With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance + Ch. 99Freekg
3815.12.00With precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance + Ch. 99Free
3815.12.00.10With platinum group metals as the active substance + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 3815.12.00)kg
3815.12.00.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 3815.12.00)kg
3815.19.00.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
3815.90Other + Ch. 99not stated
3815.90.10.00Of bismuth, of tungsten or of vanadium + Ch. 996.5%kg
3815.90.20.00Of mercury or of molybdenum + Ch. 992.8%kg
3815.90.30.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
3815.90.50.00Other + Ch. 995%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

11 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.