Salicylic Acid Methyl Ester from Japan
Pure methyl ester of salicylic acid, identical to methyl salicylate, supplied as bulk chemical for synthesis. HTS 2918.23.3000 applies to this chemically defined ester under additional U.S. note 3. Laboratory and industrial grade.
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
• GC purity certificate >99% typically required; refractive index specification verification; proper UN 3082 packaging for environment hazard