Diethyl Adipate from Canada
Diethyl adipate serves as a flavoring agent in food products and fragrance fixative in perfumes. HTS 2917.12.5000 classification as other adipic acid ester follows Chapter 29 note (B) for ethyl esters. Excluded from food additive chapters by chemical definition priority.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
16.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.2910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.93, articles the product of Canada, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• FDA prior notice required for food flavor import; include FEMA GRAS number 15665
• Prop 65 warning may apply in California; verify trace heavy metal specifications
• Retail packaging shifts to 3302; bulk esters remain Chapter 29 per purity