Quinoline Yellow WS Dye Intermediate from Germany
Quinoline Yellow WS Dye Intermediate is a quinoline-based compound used in synthesizing the food colorant Quinoline Yellow. It falls under HTS 2933.49.60.00 as a non-fused quinoline heterocyclic listed in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI, prior to final dye formulation. Excluded from Chapter 32 coloring matters.
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
• Distinguish from finished dyes to avoid Chapter 32; include end-use statement for dye production; comply with FDA color additive petition requirements