p-Anisic Acid from Japan
p-Anisic acid (4-methoxybenzoic acid) serves as an intermediate in pharmaceutical synthesis and perfumes. HTS 2918.99.4700 for aromatic carboxylic acid with ether oxygen function. Pure compound per Chapter 29(a).
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
• CAS 100-17-4 verification
• No water of crystallization beyond note (d)
• Industrial vs lab quantity declaration