HS chapter 38 tariff rates
Miscellaneous chemical products: 77 product categories with real US schedule data.
Chapter 38 at a glance
- Product categories with schedule data: 77
- Tariff lines across those categories: 148
- Most common base rates: Free on 25, 3.7% on 18, 6.5% on 16, 5% on 4, 4.9% on 2
Nearby chapters: Chapter 37 - Chapter 39
All codes in chapter 38
| Code | Base rate | Goods |
|---|---|---|
| 380110 | 3.7% | Artificial graphite: |
| 380120 | Free | Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite |
| 380130 | 4.9% | Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings |
| 380190 | 4.9% | Other |
| 380210 | 4.8% | Activated carbon |
| 380290 | 5.8% | Other: |
| 380300 | Free | Tall oil, whether or not refined |
| 380400 | Free | Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or... |
| 380510 | 5% | Gum, wood or sulfate turpentine oils |
| 380590 | Free | Other: |
| 380610 | 5% | Rosin and resin acids |
| 380620 | 3.7% | Salts of rosin, of resin acids or of derivatives of rosin or resin acids, other than salts... |
| 380630 | 6.5% | Ester gums |
| 380690 | 4.2% | Other |
| 380700 | 0.1% | Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and... |
| 380910 | 2.2¢/kg + 3% | With a basis of amylaceous substances |
| 380991 | 6% | Of a kind used in the textile or like industries |
| 380992 | 6.5% | Of a kind used in the paper or like industries: |
| 380993 | 6.5% | Of a kind used in the leather or like industries: |
| 381010 | 5% | Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes... |
| 381090 | 6.5% | Other: |
| 381111 | Free | Based on lead compounds: |
| 381119 | 6.5% | Other |
| 381121 | 6.5% | Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals |
| 381129 | 6.5% | Other |
| 381190 | 6.5% | Other |
| 381300 | Free | Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades: |
| 381400 | 6.5% | Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared pai... |
| 381511 | Free | With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance |
| 381512 | Free | With precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance |
| 381519 | Free | Other |
| 381590 | 6.5% | Other: |
| 381600 | Free | Dolomite ramming mix |
| 381700 | 6.5% | Mixed linear alkylbenzenes |
| 381800 | Free | Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar fo... |
| 381900 | 6.5% | Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containi... |
| 382000 | 6.5% | Antifreezing preparations and prepared deicing fluids |
| 382100 | 5% | Prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruse... |
| 382211 | Free | For malaria |
| 382212 | Free | For Zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus <i>Aedes</i> |
| 382213 | Free | For blood-grouping |
| 382219 | Free | Other |
| 382290 | Free | Certified reference materials |
| 382311 | 2.1¢/kg + 3.8% | Stearic acid |
| 382312 | 2.1¢/kg + 3.2% | Oleic acid |
| 382313 | 3.2% | Tall oil fatty acids |
| 382319 | 2.3% | Other: |
| 382370 | 5.1% | Industrial fatty alcohols: |
| 382510 | Free | Municipal waste |
| 382520 | Free | Sewage sludge |
| 382530 | Free | Clinical waste |
| 382541 | Free | Halogenated |
| 382549 | Free | Other |
| 382550 | Free | Wastes of metal-pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids |
| 382561 | Free | Mainly containing organic constituents |
| 382569 | Free | Other |
| 382590 | Free | Other |
| 382600 | 4.6% | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 percent by weigh... |
| 382711 | 3.7% | Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons... |
| 382712 | 3.7% | Containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs) |
| 382713 | 6.5% | Containing carbon tetrachloride |
| 382714 | 6.5% | Containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) |
| 382720 | 3.7% | Containing bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon-1211), bromotrifluoromethane (Halon-1301) or... |
| 382731 | 3.7% | Containing substances of subheadings 2903.41 to 2903.48 |
| 382732 | 3.7% | Other, containing substances of subheadings 2903.71 to 2903.75 |
| 382739 | 3.7% | Other |
| 382740 | 3.7% | Containing methyl bromide (bromomethane) or bromochloromethane |
| 382751 | 3.7% | Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23) |
| 382759 | 3.7% | Other |
| 382761 | 3.7% | Containing 15 percent or more by mass of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) |
| 382762 | 3.7% | Other, not included in the subheading above, containing 55 percent or more by mass of pent... |
| 382763 | 3.7% | Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 40 percent or more by mass of pen... |
| 382764 | 3.7% | Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 30 percent or more by mass of 1,1... |
| 382765 | 3.7% | Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 20 percent or more by mass of dif... |
| 382768 | 3.7% | Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing substances of subheadings 2903.41... |
| 382769 | 3.7% | Other |
| 382790 | 6.5% | Other: |
Chapter 38 questions
What does HS chapter 38 cover?
Chapter 38 covers Miscellaneous chemical products. This page lists the 77 six-digit product categories in it that have real lines in the US tariff schedule, each with its base rate and a link to the full detail page.
Where do these rates come from?
The base rates come from the structured US tariff schedule, read through the Tariff Wire HS lookup. Recent actions come from published Federal Register notices from the last 30 days.
Can I use this page to classify my goods?
No. These pages cover six-digit product categories. The exact 8 or 10 digit classification of your goods, and what you owe on a specific entry, is work for you and your licensed customs broker.
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