Trifluoroethylene (HFC=CF2) from Germany
Trifluoroethylene is a fluorinated monomer used in copolymer production for specialty elastomers and electronic materials. Classified under HTS 2903.59.90.00 as an unsaturated fluorinated acyclic hydrocarbon derivative. Chapter 29 note (a) applies to this separate chemically defined compound.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
21.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6211.3%Patented pharmaceutical articles that are the product of Japan, of a European Union member country, of South Korea, of Switzerland, or of Liechtenstein as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (f) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
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
• Provide polymerization inhibitor certificates showing stabilizer content
• Comply with NFPA 45 laboratory storage requirements documentation
• Ensure inhibitor levels maintained per manufacturer's specifications to prevent auto-polymerization