Mepivacaine Hydrochloride from Japan
Mepivacaine hydrochloride is an amide-type local anesthetic for infiltration and nerve block anesthesia. Classified in HTS 2924.29.71.00 as an aromatic cyclic amide product described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI. Meets criteria for separate chemically defined compounds.
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 batch-specific HPLC chromatograms confirming single impurity <0.1%
• Declare as 'not for direct patient administration' to maintain API classification
• Use nitrogen-flushed packaging to prevent oxidative degradation