Nicotine Bitartrate Dihydrate USP from Japan
Nicotine bitartrate, the dihydrate salt of pyridine/pyrrolidine alkaloid nicotine, qualifies as a heterocyclic nitrogen drug under HTS 2933.99.90.00. Used in smoking cessation therapies and imported as purified API.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
15%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6211.3%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
9903.05.900%Articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; patented pharmaceutical articles; and semiconductor articles, as provided in subdivision (f) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Obtain FDA tobacco product authorization or NDC for import
• Include enantiomeric purity certificate (S)-nicotine
• Declare as 'not for recreational use' to avoid excise taxes