5501.30.00

Acrylic or modacrylic

Synthetic filament tow

Heading: 5501 Chapter: 55 As of August 15, 2026

Data provenance: Rates from HTS Revision 16 (Aug 15, 2026); trade measures verified against CBP CSMS and Federal Register notices through Aug 15, 2026.

Duty rates

Column 1 (General / MFN)

7.5%

Column 2 (Non-NTR)

45%

Column 1 (Special / FTA)

Free

Eligible

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The rates above are statutory column rates. Trade remedies in Chapter 99 (Section 301, 232, IEEPA, reciprocal) and FTA preferences can change the duty owed on a given entry — see below.

Trade measures (Chapter 99)

No active Chapter 99 measures are linked to this code.

Rate-change history

What the rate was before, and when it changed. The government schedule replaces each revision in place; we keep the timeline.

  1. NEW_PROGRAM Executive Order Feb 1, 2026 — Reciprocal Tariff (FR 2026-03824)

    Section 122 reciprocal surcharge in effect — additional 10% on most imports through July 24, 2026

    See the change →
  2. Base rate HTS 2023

    Column 1 general rate set to 7.5%.

Related CBP rulings

H338211 August 28, 2024

Application for Further Review of Protest No. 5501-23-106984; Transaction Value; First Sale

The entries at issue pertain to cryptocurrency mining machines (“miners”) purchased by the protestant from its related seller, Company A [X], which in turn purchases the miners from unrelated supplier, Company B [X]. Company B sources the g

H336409 February 8, 2024

Application for Further Review of Protest No. 5501-23-106828; Brighton-Best International, Inc.; Antidumping and Countervailing Duties; Steel threaded rods.

On May 6, 2021, Brighton-Best International Inc. (“BBI” or “Protestant”) entered the merchandise subject to this protest. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) determined that four lines of the entry were subject to antidumping and cou

H318294 January 7, 2022

Application for Further Review of Protest No. 5501-20-101069; Northern Tool & Equipment Co. Inc.; Sprayers; 9817.00.50, HTSUS

The merchandise subject to the protest at issue consists of sprayers that Northern Tool claims are agricultural/horticultural sprayers, imported under subheadings 8424.41.1000 and 8424.49.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United State

H125118 September 12, 2014

Application for Further Review (“AFR”) of Protest 5501-10-100261; Transaction Value; Related Party Transactions; Post-Importation Adjustments

Protestant is a U.S. importer/corporation, which acts as an exclusive distributor of motor vehicles imported from the Seller/Manufacturer [***], the parent company, for re-sale in the U.S. market. Protestant also acts as the exclusive distr

H240546 July 28, 2014

Application for Further Review, Protest 5501-12-100069; tolling arrangement; seller discount

BrassCraft Manufacturing Company (hereinafter “BrassCraft” and importer/protestant) asserts that it received an unconditional discount on 70% (by weight) of the brass rods it bought from a foreign supplier under a negotiated “toll agreement

H110455 July 25, 2013

Application for Further Review of Protest No 5501-10-100101; Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People’s Republic of China; Antidumping Order A-570-851-020

The surety protests the liquidation of an entry of certain preserved mushrooms from the People’s Republic of China, (“PRC”) that were subject to antidumping duty order number A-570-851-020 and entered on August 28, 2003. See Certain Preserv

H047366 November 21, 2011

Application for Further Review and Protest No. 5501-08-100321; wrinkle-free pants; U.S.- Jordan Free Trade Agreement

Application for Further Review and Protest No. 5501-08-100321; wrinkle-free pants; U.S.- Jordan Free Trade Agreement

N085359 December 3, 2009

Classification and country of origin determination for acrylic yarn; 19 CFR 102.21(c)(2); tariff shift and status under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Article 509

The subject merchandise consists of four-ply twisted staple fiber acrylic yarn. The manufacturing operations for the yarn are as follows: The fibers are imported into the United States from Portugal in the form of acrylic tow (of Harmonized

H033861 December 12, 2008

Protest 5501-07-100541; Valuation

The evidence of record indicates the following. The protest concerns an entry of merchandise (wearing apparel, shoes, hats, etc.) filed on July 17, 2006. The relevant parties include Small Miracles, Inc. (the “protestant”); the seller of th

W968128 November 15, 2006

Classification of acrylic filament tow from Japan; revocation of NY L84817

NY L84817 provides the following very limited details about the merchandise at issue: You have submitted a sample of acrylic monofilament yarn. You state that it will not be put up for retail sale but will be used in the production of carbo

L89976 January 27, 2006

The tariff classification of acrylic filament tow from Japan

You submitted a sample of polyacrylanitrile fibers in the form of filament tow. For tariff purposes, tow must be composed of parallel filaments of a uniform length equal to the length of the tow and is further defined in Note 1, Chapter 55,

W548526 January 5, 2005

Application for Further Review of Protest No.5501-03-100130; Transaction Value; Sale for Exportation to the United States; Bona Fide Sale; Arm’s Length Transaction; “Clearly Destined” for the United States; Statutory Additions; Nissho Iwai Am. Corp. v. United States; Treasury Decision 96-87.

The facts relevant to the protest of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, the importer, concerning its argument that the entered values should be the transaction value between middleman and the foreign manufacturer are as follows: Entry Number: xxxxxxx

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