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Technical Grade Lithium PFOS Crystals from Germany

Crystalline technical-grade lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate for surfactant manufacturing. Falls under HTS 2904.33.00.00 as a perfluorinated sulfonate salt, explicitly listed in the heading for PFOS salts. Qualifies as a separate chemically defined compound per Chapter 29 scope.

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

• Include Safety Data Sheets (SDS) showing <99% purity to avoid mixture classification

• Check Stockholm Convention restrictions; some countries ban PFOS imports entirely

• Label as 'research chemical only' if not for commercial production to ease regulatory scrutiny