Adamantane-1-Carboxylic Acid from Germany
Adamantane-1-carboxylic acid features a diamondoid cage structure with carboxylic acid group, used in pharmaceuticals and materials science. HTS 2916.20.50.00 covers this as an 'other' cyclanic monocarboxylic acid due to its fully saturated polycyclic nature.
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 NMR spectra confirming adamantane structure; ensure proper Hazard Class 8 labeling for corrosive acids; declare research vs commercial end-use