2918.19.12.00/Sodium Mandelate Salt/Japan

Sodium Mandelate Salt from Japan

Sodium salt of mandelic acid, an inorganic salt of an organic acid with alcohol function, classified with the parent acid. HTS 2918.19.1200 follows Chapter 29 note on salts of acid-function compounds. Used in pharmaceutical buffering.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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Import Tips

• Provide salt formation proof linking to mandelic acid; ensure anhydrous form declaration; avoid coordination compounds per note