Butanol Methanol Extraction Solvent from China
Specialty solvent mixture of n-butanol and methanol used in pharmaceutical extraction processes. HTS 3824.99.9330 applies to such chemical industry preparations of acyclic monohydric unsubstituted alcohol mixtures not specified elsewhere. The formulation for specific industrial extraction qualifies it here.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40%
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
• Include GMP certificates if pharmaceutical grade to facilitate FDA review alongside customs clearance
• Test for residual impurities that could trigger pesticide or hazardous substance classifications
• Ship in industrial bulk packaging to avoid retail preparation reclassification under Chapter 38 other subheadings