Magnesium Aspirin Salt from Japan
Magnesium O-acetylsalicylate, a soluble salt form used in antacid-analgesic combinations. HTS 2918.22.5000 applies per chapter notes for salts of carboxylic acids with oxygen function, principal use as chemical intermediate. Excluded from Chapter 30 as bulk API.
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
• Include FTIR spectrum confirming salt formation; declare exact magnesium:acetylsalicylate ratio; test for residual solvents per ICH Q3C guidelines