3901
4-digit headingPolymers of ethylene, in primary forms
This is a 4-digit heading — a category, not a filing code. Pick the more specific code beneath it that best matches your goods; only a 10-digit statistical code can be used on a customs entry.
Duty rates
No rate is published at this level — check the specific 10-digit statistical code beneath it.
| Rate | Value and what it means |
|---|---|
| General rate (Column 1) | See 10-digit codeColumn 1 general Applies to most trading partners — the standard "normal trade relations" rate. |
| Special rate (Column 1) | —Trade programs The country letters in parentheses are free trade agreement and preference programs. If your goods qualify under one of them, that rate replaces the general rate. |
| Column 2 rate | —Non-NTR Reserved for the small group of countries that do not have normal trade relations with the US (currently Cuba, North Korea, Russia and Belarus). Almost no importer uses this column — if you are shipping from anywhere else, ignore it. |
| Unit of quantity | — How CBP expects the quantity to be reported on the entry summary. |
Codes within Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms
17 more specific lines fall under 3901.
- 3901.10Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.946-digit headingPolymers of ethylene, in primary forms:
- 3901.10.10.00Having a relative viscosity of 1.44 or more10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94:6.5%
- 3901.10.50Other8-digit subheadingPolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94:6.5%
- 3901.10.50.10Linear low density polyethylene10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94: > Other
- 3901.10.50.20Low density polyethylene, except linear low density polyethylene10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94: > Other
- 3901.10.50.30Medium density polyethylene10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94: > Other
- 3901.20Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more6-digit headingPolymers of ethylene, in primary forms:
- 3901.20.10.00Having a relative viscosity of 1.44 or more10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more:6.5%
- 3901.20.50.00Other10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more:6.5%
- 3901.30Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers6-digit headingPolymers of ethylene, in primary forms:
- 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 monomers10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers:Free
- 3901.30.60.00Other10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers:5.3%
- 3901.40.00.00Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.9410-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms:6.5%
- 3901.90Other6-digit headingPolymers of ethylene, in primary forms:
- 3901.90.10.00Elastomeric10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Other:Free
- 3901.90.55.01Ethylene copolymers10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Other: > Other:6.5%
- 3901.90.90.00Other10-digit statistical codePolymers of ethylene, in primary forms: > Other: > Other:6.5%
Chapter 39: Plastics and Articles Thereof
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