6-Nitrotoluene-3-sulfonic acid from China
6-Nitrotoluene-3-sulfonic acid is the ortho-nitrated, meta-sulfonated toluene isomer, a separate chemically defined compound under HTS 2904.99.20.00. Fits Chapter 29 for nitrotoluenesulfonic acids, excluded from dyes or mixtures. Intermediate for acid dyes and optical brighteners.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Label as 'corrosive' UN 3265; test pH to confirm handling class
• For lab quantities (<1kg), use retail packing exemption but still need COA
• Avoid declaring as 'dye intermediate' vaguely; specify chemical name to prevent 3204 shift