Potato Dextrin for Paper Sizing from China
White dextrin powder from hydrolyzed potato starch, low viscosity for surface sizing in paper manufacturing. HTS 3505.10.0045 applies to potato-derived dextrins, distinct from printing gelatins (chapter 49 exclusion). Used industrially, not as yeast or medicaments.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Include end-use statements specifying industrial paper applications to differentiate from retail glues
• Ensure specs show potato starch base and dextrin process; avoid chapter 49 if not printing-specific