Diphenyl 2-Ethylhexyl Phosphate from Germany
This mixed alkyl-aryl phosphate ester serves as a plasticizer for nitrocellulose lacquers and flame retardant. HTS 2919.90.50.50 covers it as an unspecified phosphoric ester under Chapter 29 organic compounds scope. The ester linkage defines its principal chemical character.
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
• Molecular weight certification helps distinguish from polymer additives
• TSCA new chemical review if >1% novel impurities