Diclofenac Sodium
Diclofenac sodium, an NSAID for pain and inflammation, is classified under HTS 2933.99.55 as its organic base is a nitrogen-heterocyclic aromatic compound. The salt form follows the base per chapter note on inorganic salts.
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If coordination complex formation suspected
Chapter note (C)(3) directs metal-organic coordination compounds to last numerical heading.
If for immunological/vaccine adjuvant use
Excluded from Chapter 29 per note (e); shifts to sera/products of Chapter 30.
If nucleic acid derivative emphasized
Different heterocyclic subcategory for non-nitrogen only heteroatoms.
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