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Recycled PE Grocery Bag Scrap from Germany

Post-consumer scraps from thin-gauge polyethylene grocery bags, baled for recycling into new films. Meets 3915.10.00.00 as polymers of ethylene per purity rules in subheading note (a), common in retail waste streams.

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

• Certify as post-consumer via chain-of-custody documents; test for ink/printing residues affecting purity; bale density should meet 20-30 lbs/ft³ standards