Dibutyl Citrate from Japan
Dibutyl citrate serves as a pharmaceutical excipient and fragrance fixative, esterified from citric acid and butanol. HTS 2918.15.5000 covers this ester per the chapter's ester classification hierarchy.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
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
• Pharma excipient DMF reference; butyl content assay; fragrance IFRA compliance if applicable