Calcium Aspirin from Japan
Calcium salt of O-acetylsalicylic acid used in analgesic formulations requiring divalent cation stability. Falls under HTS 2918.22.5000 as a salt derivative per Chapter 29 note (C)(1) classifying inorganic salts with the organic acid. Chemically defined compound for bulk pharmaceutical supply.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
21%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.628.5%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
• Provide salt stoichiometry analysis and heavy metals testing; comply with REACH if EU origin; watch for dual-use restrictions in painkiller precursor regulations