p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Technical Grade from China
Technical grade p-Hydroxybenzoic acid with 98-99% purity is still classified as the separate chemically defined compound under HTS 2918.29.22.00, provided impurities don't alter its chemical identity per Chapter 29 note (a). Commonly used in industrial synthesis of parabens and polymers.
Duty Rate — China → United States
44%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Include COA showing impurity levels <2%; higher impurities risk reclassification as 3824 mixture
• Package in UN-approved chemical drums; declare as 'corrosive solid' if applicable
• Differentiate from salts; sodium p-hydroxybenzoate would be 2918.29.75