Sodium Lignosulfonate Liquid from China
Sodium lignosulfonate is the sodium salt of lignin sulfonic acid obtained as a spent sulfite liquor from wood pulp production, often concentrated for use as a dust suppressant and concrete plasticizer. Classified under HTS 3804.00.10.00 due to its origin as a lignin sulfonic acid salt from the wood pulping process.
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
• Include pulp mill origin certification to distinguish from synthetic sulfonates that might classify elsewhere
• Declare exact concentration and Brix value; highly diluted solutions risk scrutiny as waste liquids
• Comply with DOT shipping regs for corrosive liquids (pH typically <2) with appropriate UN packaging