Grade 3 Pale Crepe Equivalent Smoked Sheets from China
These smoked sheets approximate pale crepe quality at Grade 3 level, with low odor and consistent thickness for blending in rubber mixes. HTS 4001.21.00.30 covers them as smoked natural rubber sheets in primary form, destined for medical tubing and adhesives. Smoking differentiates them from air-dried crepe.
Duty Rate — China → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.860%Articles provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Document smoking process to distinguish from unsmoked crepe; test for plasticizer presence which could reclassify