Thioridazine Hydrochloride from Japan
Thioridazine hydrochloride, a piperidine phenothiazine, treats schizophrenia with antipsychotic properties. The unfused phenothiazine ring-system defines its placement in HTS 2934.30.5000 as other such heterocyclic compounds.
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
• Comply with DEA schedules for phenothiazine imports; maintain chain-of-custody records
• Declare salt form explicitly with molecular formula to match heading notes on salts (note 3(C))
• Avoid misclassification by providing NMR spectra confirming ring structure