2-Amino-5-nitroacetophenone from Germany
2-Amino-5-nitroacetophenone contains a ketone oxygen function with amino and nitro substituents, classified under HTS 2922.39.5000 as 'other' amino-ketones. Used in dye and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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
• Nitro compounds require enhanced safety data; declare flash point and explosive limits
• Avoid describing as 'nitro compound' primarily to prevent 2921.42 misclassification