Bis(2-butoxyethyl) Sebacate from Japan
Bis(2-butoxyethyl) sebacate serves as a high-performance plasticizer for nitrocellulose and polyvinyl butyral applications. HTS 2917.13.00.90 applies as a sebacic acid ester, chemically defined without excluded Chapter 29 additives like anti-dusting agents rendering it preparation-specific.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
22.7%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6210.2%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
• Complex alkyl chain requires detailed structural formula on SDS for verification
• Flash point documentation mandatory for air shipment of this combustible liquid
• Avoid 'plasticizer' only description; specify sebacate ester chemistry explicitly