Nicotine Freebase Liquid from Japan
Nicotine is a pyridine-pyrrolidine alkaloid featuring two fused nitrogen-containing heterocyclic rings, qualifying as aromatic or modified aromatic under this subheading. HTS 2933.99.82 covers this as other nitrogen heterocycles not elsewhere specified. Used in vaping products and smoking cessation therapies.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
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
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