Methyl 2-(4-Formylphenyl)acetate from China
This is the methyl ester of 4-formylphenylacetic acid, a chemically defined aromatic carboxylic acid with both aldehyde and ester oxygen functions. It falls under HTS 2918.30.10.00 as it precisely matches the description of 1-formylphenylacetic acid, methyl ester, which is a specific compound in the subcategory of aromatic carboxylic acids with aldehyde function. Primarily used as an intermediate in pharmaceutical synthesis.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40.8%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
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