Paroxetine Hydrochloride from Japan
Paroxetine HCl, an antidepressant SSRI with a piperidine fused to tetrahydronaphthalene ring system (nitrogen hetero-atom only). Classified in 2933.99.8290 as other aromatic/modified aromatic heterocyclic compounds with N hetero-atoms. Bulk API for pharmaceutical manufacture.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
21%
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
9903.05.4912.5%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
• Submit FDA Drug Master File (DMF) and provide GMP manufacturing certificates
• Include polymorphic form specification in documentation
• Ensure chiral purity documentation for single enantiomer products