Amobarbital Sodium from Japan
Amobarbital sodium, a long-acting barbituric acid salt with pyrimidine structure, used medically. HTS 2933.52.9000 covers this as 'other' barbiturates per hierarchy for nitrogen heterocyclic compounds containing pyrimidine rings.
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
• Include GMP certificate of analysis specifying barbituric acid content
• Avoid anti-dusting agents that render product use-specific per chapter note (g)
• Separate from dosage excipients to prevent Chapter 30 misclassification