Trimethylamine Hydrochloride from China
Trimethylamine hydrochloride is the crystalline salt of trimethylamine, widely used in choline synthesis for animal feed additives and pharmaceuticals. It is squarely under HTS 2921.11.00.00 as a trimethylamine salt, a chemically defined acyclic monoamine derivative. Chapter notes confirm inclusion of salts without exclusions applying.
Duty Rate — China → United States
38.7%
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)
Import Tips
• Include stabilizer declaration if present, per Chapter note (f), but ensure not for specific use; CAS 593-81-7 verification needed
• Pitfall: bulk shipments misdeclared as Chapter 27 hydrocarbons