Calcium Tartrate Dihydrate from Japan
Calcium tartrate dihydrate is the calcium salt of tartaric acid, used as a food additive and stabilizer in beverages and confectionery. It falls under HTS 2918.13.5000 as a salt of tartaric acid, specifically classified as 'other' salts and esters excluding those specified elsewhere. This chemically defined organic compound meets Chapter 29 note (a) for separate compounds.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
23.1%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6210.6%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
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify purity certificate to confirm it's a chemically defined salt per Chapter 29; ensure food-grade documentation if for consumables; avoid misclassification as inorganic calcium salts under Chapter 28