Phenobarbital Intermediate (5-Ethyl-5-phenylbarbituric Acid) from Japan
This barbituric acid derivative serves as key intermediate for phenobarbital synthesis, featuring ethyl and phenyl substitutions on the cyclic amide ring. HTS 2924.29.95.00 covers it as unspecified cyclic amide. DEA List I chemical.
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
• DEA 222 form required; chemical import license; end-user verification mandatory