Procaine Hydrochloride from China
Procaine hydrochloride, an ester salt of p-aminobenzoic acid, serves as a local anesthetic drug and exemplifies aromatic oxygen-function amino-acid salts. Classified under HTS 2922.49.26.00 due to its chemical definition as a drug substance with carboxylic ester and amino groups. It aligns with Chapter 29 notes for salts of acid-function compounds.
Duty Rate — China → United States
125%
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
9903.88.0325%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)
9903.05.900%Articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; patented pharmaceutical articles; and semiconductor articles, as provided in subdivision (f) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Label as USP-grade with CAS number (51-05-8); include pharmacopeia certificates to confirm drug status
• Document ester-salt structure to prevent reclassification; common issue is declaring as base form only
• For frozen shipments, note stabilizer additions per Chapter 29(g) to avoid duty disputes