4-Benzoylbenzoic Acid from Germany
This compound combines benzoic acid with a benzoyl ketone group, used in pharmaceutical intermediates and liquid crystals. HTS 2918.30.2500 applies as an aromatic acid with ketone function and additional oxygen, matching U.S. note 3 descriptions for such derivatives.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
18.5%
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
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Acid value and melting point specs required to distinguish from simple benzoic acids
• Pharma-grade needs DMF/CEP filings; avoid generic 'organic acid' descriptions