Modified Lignite Wax Bars for Industrial Buffing from China
Solid bars of chemically modified lignite wax formulated for buffing metal surfaces in manufacturing. Under HTS 3404.90.51.10 as molded artificial wax pieces from lignite, not qualifying as scouring powders due to lack of abrasives in non-bar form exclusion. High polish without scratching.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
• Confirm bar/cake form to stay in 3404; powders go to 3405
• Specify industrial use to avoid retail polish reclassification
• Provide hardness tests proving waxy solubility