4-Mercaptobenzoic Acid from Germany
4-Mercaptobenzoic acid features para-substituted mercapto and carboxylic groups on benzene ring. HTS 2930.90.4920 classification as aromatic mercaptocarboxylic acid per Chapter 29 organo-sulfur provisions. Utilized in nanotechnology and self-assembled monolayers.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
20.8%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6210.8%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
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Require HPLC purity certificate >99%; CAS 107-91-5 for customs verification
• Static dissipative packaging required for nano-electronics grade material
• Avoid 2930.90.49.40 misclassification by confirming acid vs amide function