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PFOA Lithium Salt from Japan

Lithium perfluorooctanoate (C7F15COOLi), a metal salt of PFOA, is classified in HTS 2915.90.18.10 following the parent perfluorooctanoic acid classification rule from Chapter Note 5(C)(3). Used in advanced material synthesis.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

23.3%

Rate breakdown

9903.04.6210.8%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

• Provide quantitative elemental analysis confirming lithium and fluorine content ratios specific to PFOA salt

• Declare under TSCA with PFOA-specific identifiers; non-compliance can result in import refusal

• Ensure temperature-controlled shipping as lithium salts have specific stability requirements