Glutethimide with Stabilizer from Japan
Glutethimide powder with added anticaking stabilizer for preservation, still classified under HTS 2925.12.00.00 as per chapter note (f). The stabilizer is necessary for transport without rendering it specific-use. Remains a pure imide compound.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
27.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6215%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
• Document stabilizer as transport-essential to justify Chapter 29; test for impurities that could push to mixtures in 3824
• Comply with DEA scheduling for all forms