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Valproic Acid 99% Pure from China

99% pure valproic acid with minimal impurities, suitable for high-end pharmaceutical intermediates. Explicitly covered as valproic acid under HTS 2915.90.14.00 within saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids.

Duty Rate — China → United States

137.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.04.6095.8%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
9903.05.3112.5%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

• Submit HPLC purity chromatograms; comply with REACH if EU origin

• Pitfall: impurity levels affecting duty-free claims under trade agreements