HTS Index

HTS heading 3901

Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms — 18 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms + Ch. 99not stated
3901.10Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 + Ch. 99not stated
3901.10.10.00Having a relative viscosity of 1.44 or more + Ch. 996.5%kg
3901.10.50Other + Ch. 996.5%
3901.10.50.10Linear low density polyethylene + Ch. 996.5% (inherited from 3901.10.50)kg
3901.10.50.20Low density polyethylene, except linear low density polyethylene + Ch. 996.5% (inherited from 3901.10.50)kg
3901.10.50.30Medium density polyethylene + Ch. 996.5% (inherited from 3901.10.50)kg
3901.20Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more + Ch. 99not stated
3901.20.10.00Having a relative viscosity of 1.44 or more + Ch. 996.5%kg
3901.20.50.00Other + Ch. 996.5%kg
3901.30Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers + Ch. 99not stated
3901.30.20.00Vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride-ethylene terpolymers, containing by weight less than 50 percent derivatives of vinyl acetate, except those polymerized from aromatic or modified aromatic monomers + Ch. 99Freekg
3901.30.60.00Other + Ch. 995.3%kg
3901.40.00.00Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 + Ch. 996.5%kg
3901.90Other + Ch. 99not stated
3901.90.10.00Elastomeric + Ch. 99Freekg
3901.90.55.01Ethylene copolymers + Ch. 996.5%kg
3901.90.90.00Other + Ch. 996.5%kg

3 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

18 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.