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Technical Grade Lithium PFOS Crystals from Japan

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 — 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

• 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