Procainamide Hydrochloride from Japan
Procainamide hydrochloride, an antiarrhythmic agent, features an acyclic para-aminobenzamide structure with hydrochloride salt. The salt follows the parent amide into HTS 2924.19.80.00 per chapter salt classification rules.
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
• Controlled substance documentation if applicable; FDA DMF reference
• Salt equivalence testing required for tariff consistency
• Pharma vs bulk chemical declaration prevents 29xx industrial shift