sec-Butylbenzene from Japan
sec-Butylbenzene has a secondary butyl group on the benzene ring, serving as precursor for styrene derivatives. Classified in HTS 2902.90.30 as an alkylbenzene isomer meeting purity standards of Chapter 29. Its branched structure provides specific reactivity profiles.
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
• Provide chiral analysis if enantiomerically enriched for research applications
• UN 1942 classification; require grounding wires on metal containers
• Document distillation cuts separating from n-butylbenzene contaminants