PVC Window Profile Scrap from China
Waste scraps from extruded polyvinyl chloride (PVC) profiles used in window frames, consisting primarily of rigid PVC with over 95% vinyl chloride monomer units by weight. Classified under HTS 3915.30.00.00 as scrap of polymers of vinyl chloride per subheading note (a)(1). These trimmings and rejects arise during manufacturing cuts and defects.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Verify polymer composition via lab testing to confirm 95%+ vinyl chloride content; retain manufacturing waste certificates; avoid misclassification as usable profiles under 3916 or 3925