Isoeugenol Flavoring Compound from China
Isoeugenol provides carnation and spicy floral flavors as a key ether-phenol derivative in perfumery and food flavoring. HTS 2909.50.40 classification applies to its chemically defined odoriferous nature within Chapter 29 ether-phenols. Used in both flavor and fragrance applications.
Duty Rate — China → United States
42.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• IFRA compliance statements needed if dual fragrance/flavor import declared
• Purity >95% required; lower grades risk Chapter 38 reclassification
• Distinguish trans/cis isomers in documentation for accurate duty assessment