Lampblack Carbon Pigment from Germany
Lampblack is a traditional form of amorphous carbon produced by burning oil or pitch in limited oxygen, used as a dense black pigment. HTS 2803.00.00 covers it as other forms of carbon not specified elsewhere, distinct from channel or furnace blacks.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Distinguish from vegetable blacks (Chapter 14) with origin certificates
• Label with oil-free certification for food-contact applications