4-Nitroresorcinol from Japan
4-Nitroresorcinol is a nitrated aromatic compound used in hair dye formulations and pharmaceutical synthesis. It falls under HTS 2942.00.35.00 as an other modified aromatic organic compound with nitro functionality on a dihydroxybenzene structure. Chapter notes include nitrated derivatives in applicable 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
• Include nitro group confirmation via elemental analysis to support Chapter 29 inclusion
• Ensure not declared as cosmetic ingredient (Chapter 33) but as bulk chemical