Ethylene Glycol Monohexyl Ether from Canada
A higher alkyl ether-alcohol used in coatings and inks, featuring one ethylene glycol unit with hexyl ether chain. Falls under HTS 2909.49.60.00 as 'other' ether-alcohols not specifically named. Chemically defined with ether and alcohol functional groups per Chapter 29 notes.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
110%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6094.5%Except as provided in heading 9903.04.61, patented pharmaceutical articles as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (d) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
9903.05.2910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.93, articles the product of Canada, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Submit NMR or GC-MS spectra confirming ether-alcohol structure if customs questions purity
• Label with GHS pictograms and proper UN number (3082) for Environmentally Hazardous Substances
• Prevent reclassification as surfactant by documenting solvent (not surface-active) end use