Ethoxyquin with Stabilizer Beads from Germany
Ethoxyquin beads containing added anticaking stabilizer (per Chapter 29 note f) for preservation during transport in animal nutrition applications. Remains classified under HTS 2933.49.10.00 as the stabilizer is necessary for the pure compound's stability. Used in pet food and aquaculture feeds.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
18.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.628.5%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
• Document stabilizer as <2% and solely for preservation (not functional additive); FDA feed additive petition status must be current
• Common error: declaring stabilizer content causing reclassification as mixture