Alanine Sodium Salt from Japan
Alanine sodium salt is the sodium salt form of alanine used in pharmaceutical buffers and injectables. Per chapter notes, inorganic salts of amino acids remain classified with the parent organic compound under HTS 2922.49.4910.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
23.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6210.8%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
• Chapter note (C)(1) confirms salt stays with parent acid classification; include salt content analysis
• Pharma imports need DMF filing and FDA import license verification
• Avoid misclassification as separate inorganic salt by providing molecular structure