Pivaldehyde from Japan
Pivaldehyde (pivot aldehyde, (CH3)3CCHO) is a sterically hindered acyclic aldehyde used in pharmaceutical synthesis and as a building block for fine chemicals. Falls under HTS 2912.19.5000 as other acyclic aldehydes lacking additional oxygen functions. Meets all Chapter 29 purity and definition requirements.
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
• Provide IR spectrum showing characteristic 1725 cm⁻¹ carbonyl stretch for verification
• Store refrigerated; declare as UN 2856 if stabilized
• Document research/commercial grade to distinguish from lab reagents classifiable differently