Celecoxib API from China
Celecoxib is a selective COX-2 inhibitor used as the active pharmaceutical ingredient in anti-inflammatory drugs like Celebrex for treating arthritis. It contains an unfused pyrazole ring in its heterocyclic structure, qualifying it under HTS 2933.19.4500 as a pyrazole-based drug. This classification applies to pure chemical compounds intended for pharmaceutical use.
Duty Rate — China → United States
125%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6096.3%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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
9903.05.900%Articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; patented pharmaceutical articles; and semiconductor articles, as provided in subdivision (f) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Obtain FDA Drug Master File (DMF) and ensure API meets cGMP standards with full impurity profile documentation
• Provide Certificate of Analysis (CoA) confirming pyrazole structure and pharmacological purity above 99%
• Avoid misclassification as finished dosage forms; declare as bulk API to prevent higher Chapter 30 duties