Triethyl Phosphate (TEP) from China
Triethyl phosphate, formed from phosphoric acid and ethanol, serves as a solvent, plasticizer, and flame retardant in resins and coatings. HTS 2920.90.51.00 covers it as an ester of phosphoric acid, a key nonmetal inorganic acid. Widely used in industrial solvent applications.
Duty Rate — China → United States
120%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6096.3%Except as provided in heading 9903.04.61, patented pharmaceutical articles as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (d) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
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
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Label with GHS hazard pictograms and safety data sheets mandatory for chemical entries
• Declare exact ester purity; impurities over 5% may trigger mixture classification review