PVA 117 Fully Hydrolyzed Granules from China
PVA 117 granules offer full hydrolysis (99%+) with trace unhydrolyzed acetate, ideal for textile sizing and ceramics. Primary form granules dissolve readily in hot water. HTS 3905.30.00.00 covers this as poly(vinyl alcohol) in granular primary form.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40.7%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0225%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.12, 9903.88.17, 9903.88.20, 9903.88.54, 9903.88.59, 9903.88.61, 9903.88.63, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, 9903.88.69, or 9903.88.70, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(c) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(d)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Provide FTIR spectra or hydrolysis certificates for CBP verification
• Declare exact acetate content (<1%) to stay in 3905.30
• Pitfall: packaging as 'size compound' risks Chapter 38 reclassification