tert-Butyl Acetate from Japan
tert-Butyl acetate, a sterically hindered acetic ester, serves as VOC-exempt solvent in compliant paints. HTS 2915.39.90.00 includes it as 'other' due to its acyclic saturated structure per chapter definitions. Exempt status drives demand in low-emission formulations.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
23.8%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6211.3%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
• EPA exemption letter aids customs; test for peroxide formation stability; declare as non-ozone depleting