2-Octanone from Mexico
2-Octanone (CH3CO(CH2)5CH3) serves as a flavorant mimicking coconut notes and in chemical research. It is an acyclic ketone without other oxygen functions, thus under HTS 2914.19.00.00 per Chapter 29 for separate organic compounds.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
110%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6096%Except as provided in heading 9903.04.61, patented pharmaceutical articles as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (d) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• FDA prior notice for food use; purity >99% cert needed
• Watch flavor mixture exclusion to 3302