Perillaldehyde from China

Perillaldehyde is a monoterpenoid cyclic aldehyde from perilla oil, with a cyclohexene ring bearing an aldehyde group and unsaturated bonds but no other oxygen functions. It qualifies for HTS 2912.29.60.90 as an 'other' cyclic aldehyde. Applied in food flavoring and synthetic chemistry.

Duty Rate — China → United States

40.5%

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

Submit structural formula and NMR data confirming classification criteria

Label with CAS number (2111-75-3) for customs verification

Check for anti-dusting agents that could invoke chapter note (g) exclusions