1-Aminoanthraquinone from Japan
1-Aminoanthraquinone is an aromatic amine compound used in vat dye manufacturing and as a pigment intermediate. It qualifies for HTS 2942.00.35.00 as an other aromatic organic compound with amino functionality on a polycyclic aromatic system. Chapter notes place it after simpler amines in earlier headings.
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
• Submit FTIR and NMR data verifying anthraquinone structure and amino position
• Avoid classifying as Chapter 32 finished colorant; must be chemical intermediate only
• Check for stabilizer additions per Chapter 29 note (f); excess may trigger reclassification