Ethylene Glycol Monohexyl Ether from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
22%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.629.5%Patented pharmaceutical articles that are the product of Japan, of a European Union member country, of South Korea, of Switzerland, or of Liechtenstein as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (f) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
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
• 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