Sodium Gluconate for Textile Bleaching from Germany
High-purity sodium gluconate used in peroxide bleaching baths for textiles to complex metal ions. Classified 2918.16.50.10 as gluconic acid sodium salt with alcohol function. Essential for maintaining bleach bath stability.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
21.3%
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
9903.05.3910%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
• Specify textile end-use in commercial invoice but maintain chemical classification
• pH stability certificate required for bleaching applications