Prilocaine Hydrochloride from Japan
Prilocaine hydrochloride is an ortho-toluidine derivative with amino and amide oxygen functions, classified as an aromatic oxygen-function amino-compound under HTS 2922.50.3500 per additional note 3. Used primarily as a local anesthetic base.
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
• Provide REACH-like safety data sheets; confirm not a controlled substance via DEA list
• Pitfall: misdeclaring as mixture if solvated, triggering note exclusions