Plastics · 15 pending regulations · $294.6M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC
General
Free
Special
Free
Column 2
Free
Trade Agreement Eligibility
Monthly Imports
$294.6M
2026-01
Trade Concentration
100%
from top 3 of 1 origins
Regulatory Pressure
HIGH
0 rulings — · 15 reg · 0 cases
Global Rates
🇺🇸 Free
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: N/A · 🇪🇺 European Union: N/A · 🇨🇦 Canada: N/A · 🇧🇷 Brazil: N/A
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Data compiled from USITC HTS, US Census Bureau, Federal Register · As of 2026-04-29 · Updates monthly
This code has elevated regulatory activity — 0 CBP rulings (0 in last 2 years, trend: stable), 15 pending Federal Register actions, and 0 CIT/CAFC cases.
100% of US imports for this code come from just 1 countries. High origin concentration increases exposure to trade disruptions or tariff escalations.
This is a high-volume import code — $295M in monthly US imports. Duty rate changes or trade remedy actions on this code have significant economic impact.
List 2 — ~$16B of Chinese goods (semiconductors, chemicals, plastics)
Active — 7.5%–25% additional duties on Chinese-origin goods across four tranches (Lists 1–4A), with higher 2024/2025 increases on targeted product categories.
Effective 2018-07-06
These additional tariffs apply on top of the general duty rate. View full trade remedy tracker →
| Code | Description | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3901.10 | Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94: | — |
| 3901.10.10.00 | Having a relative viscosity of 1.44 or more | 6.5% |
| 3901.10.50 | Other | 6.5% |
| 3901.10.50.10 | Linear low density polyethylene | — |
| 3901.10.50.20 | Low density polyethylene, except linear low density polyethylene | — |
| 3901.10.50.30 | Medium density polyethylene | — |
| 3901.20 | Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more: | — |
| 3901.20.10.00 | Having a relative viscosity of 1.44 or more | 6.5% |
| 3901.20.50.00 | Other | 6.5% |
| 3901.30 | Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers: | — |
| 3901.30.20.00 | Vinyl 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 | Free |
| 3901.30.60.00 | Other | 5.3% |
| 3901.40.00.00 | Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 6.5% |
| 3901.90 | Other: | — |
| 3901.90.10.00 | Elastomeric | Free |
| 3901.90.55.01 | Ethylene copolymers | 6.5% |
| 3901.90.90.00 | Other | 6.5% |
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber
Publication of summary of the Commission's report on the investigation.
Proposed rule; request for comments.
Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking.
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Allowance Allocation Methodology for 2024 and Later Years
Final rule.·Effective 2023-09-18
POLYETHYLENE HAVING A SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF LESS THAN 0.94,LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.
