Phenylalanine Methyl Ester Hydrochloride from Japan
Phenylalanine methyl ester hydrochloride is the ester salt of phenylalanine, classified in HTS 2922.49.37.00 per note 3(A) with the parent amino-acid. The ester maintains the oxygen-function amino-compound nature. Used as protected amino acid in solid-phase peptide synthesis.
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
• Specify esterification confirmed by ester carbonyl IR peak; salts classified with parent per note 3(C)(1)
• Handle as corrosive solid (UN 3261); proper Hazard Class 8 labeling required