Potassium Gluconate Powder from Mexico
Potassium gluconate powder is the potassium salt of gluconic acid, an aromatic polycarboxylic acid with oxygen functions as listed in additional U.S. note 3. HTS 2918.99.4300 covers this chemically pure organic salt product. Applied in food fortification and buffering agents.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
110%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6093.5%Except as provided in heading 9903.04.61, patented pharmaceutical articles as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (d) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Provide particle size and purity specs to confirm not a mixture or preparation
• Food facility registration required for edible imports alongside tariff docs
• Avoid Chapter 28 misclassification by highlighting organic acid parent structure