Pharmaceutical Grade Refined Borax from China
USP-grade refined disodium tetraborate for use in pharmaceutical buffers and eye washes. Classified under HTS 2840.19.00.00 as other refined borax, meeting chemical purity standards of Chapter 28. Excludes isotopes or radioactive compounds per note 5.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35.1%
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
• Supply USP/EP certificates and low heavy metal specs; FDA prior notice required
• Pitfall: Blends for final drugs shift to Chapter 30
• Track boron exposure limits