Sulfadiazine Sodium from Germany
Sulfadiazine sodium is the water-soluble salt form of sulfadiazine, a sulfonamide antibiotic used for toxoplasmosis treatment and burn wound infections. Classified under HTS 2935.90.95.00 as an inorganic salt of an organic sulfonamide compound per Chapter 29 note on salts, taking the heading of the parent organic compound.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
18.5%
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
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify sodium salt form via HPLC certificate; pure base form may classify differently
• Include ICH stability data for sodium salts, which are more hygroscopic