Bovine Serum Albumin from China
Highly purified bovine serum albumin (BSA) extracted from cow blood, used in cell culture media and laboratory research. Classified under HTS 3502.90.00.00 as an other albumin not specified elsewhere in heading 3502. Excludes therapeutic blood fractions covered in Chapter 30.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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 certificates of analysis confirming non-therapeutic use and purity levels; declare exact source (bovine) to prevent mix-up with egg or milk albumins
• Avoid pitfall of importing in research kits, which may shift to heading 3822 as diagnostic reagents