# HTS 2918.17.00.01: 2,2-Diphenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid (benzilic acid)

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## Duty rates

- **General (MFN) rate:** 5.8%
- **Special / FTA rate:** Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D, E,IL,JO, KR,MA,OM,P, PA,PE,S,SG)
- **Column 2 rate:** 15.4¢/kg + 40%
- **Corpus rank:** #3149 of 6827 among dutiable tariff lines
- **Percentile among ad-valorem lines:** 76th of 13,544 rated lines

## Classification path

- **Section VI:** [Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries](https://plaintariff.com/section/vi-products-of-the-chemical-or-allied-industries)
- **Chapter 29:** [Organic chemicals](https://plaintariff.com/chapter/chapter-29-organic-chemicals)
- **HTS code:** 2918.17.00.01

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*Source: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule. HTML canonical: https://plaintariff.com/heading/2918170001-22-diphenyl-2-hydroxyacetic-acid-benzilic-acid*