Diethylene Glycol for Tobacco Humectant from China
Food contact compliant 2,2'-Oxydiethanol used as plasticizer and humectant in reconstituted tobacco sheet production. Meets 21 CFR 177.2410 indirect food additive requirements. Classified as separate ether-alcohol under HTS 2909.41.00.00.
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
• FDA compliance letter and 21 CFR 177.2410 specifications (<0.2% migration limit) required
• Heavy metals (total <10 ppm) and residual odor testing essential for tobacco use
• Distinguish from triethylene glycol which has different regulatory status