2,4-Dihydroxybenzophenone from Germany
A dihydroxy-substituted aromatic ketone used in sunscreen formulations and polymer stabilizers, featuring two phenolic OH groups. Classified in HTS 2918.30.2500 per additional U.S. note 3 as an aromatic carboxylic acid derivative with ketone and additional oxygen functions.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
18.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.628.5%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
• Include FDA cosmetic ingredient documentation if for personal care end-use
• Monitor for free phenol content; excess may trigger 2907 reclassification