Buprenorphine Hydrochloride from Canada
Buprenorphine hydrochloride is the hydrochloride salt of the partial opioid agonist buprenorphine used for opioid addiction treatment. HTS 2939.11.00.00 classification based on explicit INN listing for this opium derivative. Qualifies under Chapter 29 organic compound provisions.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
100%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.60100%Except as provided in heading 9903.04.61, patented pharmaceutical articles as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (d) 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
• Include WHO prequalification or USP reference standards in documentation
• Schedule III status requires less stringent controls than Schedule II but still needs permits
• Verify chiral purity (levorotatory form only) via polarimetry certificates