Leather Tanning Formic Acid 88% from Germany
88% formic acid optimized for leather deliming and pickling, classified under HTS 2915.11.00.00 as chemically defined formic acid. Essential in tannery wet processing to adjust pH and remove salts.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include tannery process specs showing pH adjustment use; prevents reclassification as leather chemical
• Comply with EPA wastewater regs; declare low heavy metal content