Ultramarine Blue Concentrate in PET from China
Dispersion of synthetic ultramarine blue (sodium aluminum sulfosilicate) in polyethylene terephthalate for bottle and film coloring. HTS 3206.49.10.00 applies to such inorganic pigment concentrates in plastics. FDA-approved for food contact packaging.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40.9%
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 FDA compliance letters for food-contact grades
• Specify carrier resin melt index matching end-use
• Avoid classifying as glass luminophore if silica content emphasized (3207)