HTS Index

HTS heading 3823

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols — 13 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
3823Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols + Ch. 99not stated
3823.11.00.00Stearic acid + Ch. 992.1¢/kg + 3.8%kg
3823.12.00.00Oleic acid + Ch. 992.1¢/kg + 3.2%kg
3823.13.00Tall oil fatty acids + Ch. 993.2%
3823.13.00.20Containing less than two percent rosin + Ch. 993.2% (inherited from 3823.13.00)kg
3823.13.00.40Other + Ch. 993.2% (inherited from 3823.13.00)kg
3823.19Other + Ch. 99not stated
3823.19.20.00Derived from coconut, palm-kernel or palm oil + Ch. 992.3%kg
3823.19.40.00Other + Ch. 993.2%kg
3823.70Industrial fatty alcohols + Ch. 99not stated
3823.70.20.00Oleyl + Ch. 995.1%kg
3823.70.40.00Other + Ch. 992%kg
3823.70.60.00Other + Ch. 992.4%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

13 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.