Clear Bottle Grade PET Resin from China
High-clarity PET resin pellets IV 71-76 ml/g optimized for sparkling clear single-serve beverage bottles. Provides excellent gas barrier and drop impact resistance in thin wall construction. 3907.69.0010 specifically covers this viscosity range of PET in primary forms.
Duty Rate — China → United States
44%
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
9903.88.0225%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)
Import Tips
• Specify 'bottle grade IV 70-78' on all docs; generic 'PET resin' invites CBP reclassification
• Color specification L*>90, b*<2 required for true 'clear' bottle grade verification
• Test for crystallinity; amorphous PET only for this blow molding application