Imidazole Pharmaceutical Grade from Japan
Imidazole (1H-imidazole), a five-membered nitrogen heterocyclic ring compound used as pharmaceutical intermediate and antifungal agent. HTS 2933.99.9701 covers this azole heterocycle with nitrogen hetero-atoms only, not specified elsewhere.
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
• Require NMR/GC certificate proving unsubstituted structure; derivatives go to 2933.29
• Pharma imports need DMF filing; avoid bulk packaging mistaken for industrial chemical
• Anti-caking agents allowed per note (f) but must document transport necessity