3-Nitro-2-butanol from Japan
3-Nitro-2-butanol is a nitrated secondary alcohol used as a chiral building block in pharmaceutical intermediates. It falls under HTS 2905.59.90.00 as an 'other' nitrated acyclic alcohol derivative, acyclic per Chapter notes despite stereocenters. The nitro group provides characteristic reactivity.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
22%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.629.5%Patented pharmaceutical articles that are the product of Japan, of a European Union member country, of South Korea, of Switzerland, or of Liechtenstein as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (f) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
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
• Specify enantiomeric excess (%ee) and optical rotation in COA for chirality documentation
• Use Type IBC intermediate bulk containers for optimal hazard classification
• Confirm no metal coordination per Chapter 29 note 2(C)(3) for pure organic status