Setting-Type Joint Compound Base from China
Setting-type joint compound base is calcined gypsum plaster used as the primary ingredient in drywall finishing compounds. Under HTS 2520.20.00.00 when imported as bulk powder before mixing with fillers and polymers. Provides the chemical setting action essential for professional drywall installations.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Import as bulk powder only; pre-mixed compounds classify under 3212.90 as finishing agents
• Provide lab analysis showing gypsum >90% composition to maintain mineral product status
• Confirm absence of vinyl polymers that would shift classification to Chapter 39 plastics