Plasticized Cellulose Acetate Flake from China
Plasticized cellulose acetate in flake form, containing plasticizers to enhance flexibility, used primarily as a raw material for molding into consumer products like tool handles and eyeglass frames. Classified under HTS 3912.12.00.00 because it is plasticized cellulose acetate in primary form, meeting the subheading criteria for chemically modified derivatives with plasticizers. The plasticizer content makes it distinct from non-plasticized cellulose acetates in 3912.11.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40.6%
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
9903.88.0225%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)