Chlortetracycline Hydrochloride from China
Chlortetracycline hydrochloride is a chlorinated tetracycline salt primarily used in veterinary medicine for bacterial infections in livestock. Falls under HTS 2941.30.00.00 as a tetracycline derivative salt, per Chapter 29's organic compound provisions.
Duty Rate — China → United States
100%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.60100%Pharmaceuticals Annex IV: patented pharma articles — 100% floor rate
9903.05.860%Universal product exemption (U.S. note 52(b))
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Include veterinary drug approval numbers and intended animal use declarations
• Provide batch certificates confirming absence of heavy metals and solvents
• Ship in industrial drums, not consumer packaging, to maintain API classification