Salicylic Acid API for Keratolytic Use from Mexico
Active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) salicylic acid for keratolytic medicinal products treating corns and calluses. HTS 2918.21.1000 applies to this pure compound suitable for medicine, with phenol carboxylic acid structure. Notes confirm classification over mixtures unless specified otherwise.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
16.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Register as API with FDA and provide DMF number on entry docs
• Test for microbial limits to meet cGMP import standards
• Avoid bulk packaging over 25kg without stabilizers per note (f)