Potassium Hydroquinone Disulfonate from China
Potassium hydroquinone disulfonate, an inorganic salt of hydroquinone per Chapter 29 Note 5(C), is classified under HTS 2907.22.5000 'other.' Used in photographic processing as a stable developer component resistant to aerial oxidation.
Duty Rate — China → United States
43%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• Classify as hydroquinone salt per Chapter Note 5(C)(1); provide salt formation chemistry and counterion analysis
• Declare water solubility and photographic end-use to distinguish from general chemical hydroquinone
• Include batch assay confirming sulfonate substitution pattern matching hydroquinone parent structure