Magnesium Salicylate from Japan
Magnesium salicylate is the magnesium salt of salicylic acid, used in NSAID pain relievers. HTS 2918.23.5000 covers it as 'other esters of salicylic acid and their salts' per Chapter 29 note (C)(1) classifying inorganic salts with the organic compound.
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 FDA drug master file references; ensure cGMP compliance documentation; declare exact magnesium content for duty verification