Cross-Linked Potato Starch for Pharma from China
Cross-linked modified potato starch used as disintegrant in pharmaceutical tablets, not a finished medicament. Under HTS 3505.10.0045 as potato-derived modified starch, excluding chapter 30 products. Low reducing sugar confirms dextrin status.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• FDA/USP compliance docs essential; affirm not 'prepared for therapeutic use' per chapter note
• Lab reports on cross-linking and potato source to prevent reclass to medicaments
• For pharma import, align with drug master files but classify as raw material