Fumaronitrile from Japan
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 — 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
• Sublimation risk; use sealed containers with desiccants
• Trans isomer confirmation via IR spectroscopy
• Toxicity higher than mononitriles; enhanced PPE declarations