Sodium Alginate Powder from Germany
Sodium alginate, derived from brown seaweed alginic acid, is a natural polysaccharide salt used in food texturizing and biomedical applications like wound dressings. HTS 3913.90.20 covers it as a polysaccharide derivative in primary powder form.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Source verification from alginates (not synthetic) prevents shift to Chapter 29 chemicals
• Declare mesh size and purity to confirm primary form status