Monoisopropanolamine (MIPA) from Germany
MIPA (NH2CH2CH(OH)CH3) is a simple amino-alcohol used in personal care and metalworking fluids, classified under HTS 2922.19.96.90 for its amino-alcohol structure with single oxygen function. Excluded from other chapters per legal notes.
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
• Label with correct CAS 78-33-1 and GHS corrosive pictograms
• Avoid bulk packaging that suggests mixture status
• Verify no nitrosamine impurities per FDA cosmetic import rules