Technical Grade Potassium Dichromate from Japan
Technical-grade potassium dichromate with at least 99% purity, supplied in flake or powder form for industrial use in leather tanning and pigment production. Classified under HTS 2841.50.10.00 as a peroxometallic salt meeting Chapter 28 definitions for chromates of inorganic bases.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Declare exact purity level and end-use (e.g
• tanning) to avoid reclassification; provide supplier specs
• Comply with REACH-like TSCA regulations; pre-register with EPA for chromate imports over certain volumes
• Package in UN-approved drums for oxidizer Class 5.1; common pitfall is insufficient spill containment plans