Fumaronitrile from Canada
Fumaronitrile (NC-CH=CH-CN) is a trans-dicyanoethylene used in Diels-Alder reactions and dyes. HTS 2926.90.5050 for unsaturated nitrile-function compounds under Chapter 29 definitions. Highly electron-deficient dienophile.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
110%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.60100%Except as provided in heading 9903.04.61, patented pharmaceutical articles as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (d) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
9903.05.2910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.93, articles the product of Canada, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Sublimation risk; use sealed containers with desiccants
• Trans isomer confirmation via IR spectroscopy
• Toxicity higher than mononitriles; enhanced PPE declarations