Certified FD&C Red 40 for Pharmaceuticals from China
Pharmaceutical-grade FD&C Red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6) meeting USP/NF standards with heavy metal limits <10ppm, used in tablets and syrups. Specifically classified under 3204.12.50.10 due to CAS identification within synthetic organic acid dyes. Purity certificate required for drug master files.
Duty Rate — China → United States
41.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Provide Certificate of Analysis showing USP compliance and batch-specific heavy metals/arsenic testing
• Register with FDA Color Certification program; mislabeling purity leads to detention