Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1) from Japan
Thiamine hydrochloride contains a substituted pyrimidine-thiazolium structure with an unfused aromatic thiazole ring, classified as a vitamin but tariffed as its heterocyclic component. Falls under HTS 2934.10.20.00 as 'other' aromatic thiazole compound per Chapter 29 precedence. The thiazole ring determines classification over vitamin function.
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
• Include USP/NF certificate confirming thiazole content despite vitamin labeling
• FDA registration required; declare pharmaceutical grade to avoid food supplement reclassification
• Specify 'thiazole derivative' on commercial invoice to support HTS 2934.10 classification