Pharmaceutical Intermediate Salt Cake from Japan
Technical grade salt cake serving as salting-out agent in protein precipitation for biotech pharmaceutical production. Classifies under HTS 2833.11.10.00 as salt cake, not the purer grades used directly in formulations.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• GMP facility certification for pharma use; endotoxin testing required
• Refined grades (>99.5%) shift to 2833.19