Butyryl Chloride from Germany
Butyryl chloride is utilized in ester and amide synthesis for flavor and fragrance production. It qualifies under HTS 2915.90.50.10 as an acid chloride of butyric acid, a saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acid halide. The tariff covers its pure form with possible stabilizers.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
21.2%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6211.2%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
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include stabilizer details if added per chapter note (f) to avoid reclassification
• Obtain EPA import certification for persistent/bioaccumulative substances if applicable
• Label containers with GHS corrosive pictograms and proper UN numbers