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Insulin Sodium Salt USP from Japan

Pharmaceutical grade sodium salt of bovine or porcine insulin meeting USP standards. Explicitly covered by HTS 2937.12.00.00 as 'insulin and its salts' for therapeutic hormone use.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

15%

Rate breakdown

9903.04.6215%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
9903.05.860%Articles provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 52 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

• Provide USP monograph compliance certificate and salt form verification

• Cold chain validation critical; sodium salts more hygroscopic than free base

• Avoid animal-derived classification issues; specify source (bovine/porcine)