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Vinyl Bromide from Japan

Vinyl bromide (CH2=CHBr), explicitly named in the HTS description, is a gaseous monomer used in specialty polymer production. It falls precisely under HTS 2903.69.10.00 as a brominated acyclic hydrocarbon. Chapter 29 classification for chemically defined unsaturated halogen compounds applies.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

Import Tips

Ship as refrigerated liquefied gas (UN 1085); require monomer purity >99.5%; autoignition risk requires inert atmosphere packaging