Sorbic Acid from Germany
Sorbic acid (2,4-hexadienoic acid, CH3CH=CH-CH=CHCOOH) is a polyunsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acid used as a food preservative. Falls under HTS 2916.19.50.00 as 'other' unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acid. Its conjugated double bonds characterize its antimicrobial properties.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
21.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6211.3%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 FDA GRAS status documentation and food-grade certificates for food import compliance
• Specify purity >99% and absence of sorbate esters to maintain pure compound classification
• Declare potassium sorbate content if trace; salts classified with parent acid per Chapter 29 note 5(C)