Quinacridone Red Lake from China
Quinacridone red lake pigment features high-chroma red dye lake-fixed on alumina for use in automotive paints and printing inks. HTS 3205.00.50.50 applies to this other color lake preparation per chapter note 3, excluding retail forms. Its stability makes it ideal for durable exterior coatings.
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
• Submit dye-substrate ratio documentation to confirm lake status versus crude dye in 3204
• Label with exact color index name (e.g
• PR 122) for customs verification against tariff descriptions
• Test for solubility; soluble forms reclassify away from lakes in 3205