Crude Opium Tincture Base
Crude opium tincture base is fresh opium sap intended for immediate dilution into tinctures, imported in bulk for pharmaceutical compounding. HTS 1302.11.00.00 covers this as opium without alcoholic content or medicinal formulation.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If containing alcohol as a beverage constituent
Vegetable extracts in alcoholic form become spirituous beverages under chapter 22 exclusion.
If hops or pyrethrum sap instead of opium
Other specified vegetable extracts like hops fall under the residual 1302.19.
If used as blood-grouping reagents
Diagnostic reagents from vegetable extracts are excluded to heading 3822.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Avoid alcohol addition pre-import to prevent classification as chapter 22 beverage
• Include pharmacopoeia compliance certificates (e.g
• USP) for quality assurance
• Monitor for fungal contamination common in sap; reject if exceeding microbial limits
Related Products under HTS 1302.11.00.00
Raw Opium Latex
Raw opium latex is the milky sap extracted directly from the seed pods of Papaver somniferum, containing a mixture of alkaloids such as morphine and codeine. It falls under HTS 1302.11.00.00 as a vegetable sap classified specifically as opium, prior to any refinement or processing into extracts.
Poppy Sap Opium for Extraction
Poppy sap opium for extraction is the air-dried latex from Papaver somniferum capsules, used industrially to isolate alkaloids. It precisely matches HTS 1302.11.00.00 for opium as a vegetable sap.
Pharmaceutical-Grade Opium Sap
Pharmaceutical-grade opium sap is minimally processed latex from opium poppies, standardized for morphine content and used as raw material in drug manufacturing. Classified under HTS 1302.11.00.00 as it qualifies as opium vegetable sap, not yet a finished medicinal product.
Morphine-Rich Opium Gum
Morphine-rich opium gum is the coagulated sap collected from incised poppy capsules, prized for its high morphine alkaloid concentration in natural form. It is imported under HTS 1302.11.00.00 as unrefined opium sap for extraction in alkaloid production.