Grade 2 Smoked Rubber Sheets from Mexico
These are natural rubber sheets produced from coagulated latex, smoked to preserve and darken them, meeting the Grade 2 RSS standard with specific visual and physical criteria like moderate pricks and slight bark. Classified under HTS 4001.21.0020 as smoked sheets in primary form, not compounded with vulcanizing agents or fillers per Chapter Note 5. Ideal for further processing into tires, footwear, and industrial products.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
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Import Tips
• Verify Grade 2 certification via visual inspection reports and plasticity retention index (PRI) tests to meet US Customs criteria
• Provide mill test certificates confirming no prohibited additives like vulcanizing agents, as per Chapter Note 5(a)
• Avoid misdeclaration as latex (4001.10) by documenting the smoking process and sheet form