Triethylenemelamine (TEM) from Japan
Triethylenemelamine is a triazine derivative used as an alkylating agent in chemotherapy, classified under HTS 2933.69.6050 for its unfused triazine structure. It functions as an antineoplastic pharmaceutical intermediate.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
24%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6211.5%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
9903.05.4912.5%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
• DEA Schedule I controlled substance; import permit required regardless of HTS classification
• GMP certificate for pharmaceutical intermediates; purity >99% critical