Indanthrone Blue Color Lake from China
Indanthrone blue lake is a vat dye-derived lake pigment offering excellent lightfastness for textile printing and automotive paints. It is classified in HTS 3205.00.40.40 as a blue color lake preparation under note 3, intended for industrial coloring applications excluding retail forms. The lake structure provides insolubility essential for pigment use.
Duty Rate — China → United States
41.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 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 spectral data confirming 'blue' per U.S. note 3; avoid generic 'pigment' declarations
• Ensure bulk packaging > retail sizes to stay out of 3212; retain supplier specs for audits