Industrial Boiler Light Fuel Oil >500 ppm S from China
Distillate fuel for factory boilers and process heating, meeting light fuel oil specs: ≥25° API, <45 SUS @37.8°C, sulfur >500 ppm. HTS 2710.19.11.14 covers these petroleum-based heating oils.
Duty Rate — China → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.03.030%Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Retain third-party lab reports certifying viscosity (ASTM D2161) and sulfur (ASTM D4294)
• Declare intended industrial end-use to distinguish from motor fuel classifications
• Avoid common pitfall of incomplete Bill of Lading specs leading to exam holds