Industrial Denatured Rapeseed Lubricant Base Oil from China
Denatured fractions of rapeseed oil refined for use as a base in metalworking lubricants, denatured to prevent food use. Classified in HTS 1514.99.50 for denatured, non-chemically modified rapeseed oil fractions. Chapter note excludes merely denatured oils from other headings if not fitting undenatured categories.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Provide proof of industrial end-use and denaturation process; ensure fractions are declared by milk solids content if applicable, though not for vegetable oils; avoid misdeclaration as biodiesel which may require different permits