291821

Carboxylic acids with phenol function but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: — Salicylic acid and its salts:

Part of: 2918 — Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

Code: 291821
Type: heading / subheading
Tariff lines inside: 2
Duty rates inside: 6.5% (2)
Units of quantity: kg (2)

Classification rulings (U.S. Customs, CROSS)

954994 · 1993-10-18 — Suitable for medicinal use; HRL 952892; HRL 086920; salicylic acid; U.S.P. grade
In HQ 952892 (May 10, 1993) Customs held that salicylic acid that did not meet the United States Pharmacopoeia (U.S.P.) standards was classifiable under subheading 2918.21.5000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSUSA), a provision for salicylic acid other than that suitable for medicinal use, rather than under subheading 2918.21.1000, HTSUSA, a provision for salicylic acid that is suitable for medicinal use. This Office has been asked to examine HQ 952892, supra, with particular attention being given to the phrase "suitable for medicinal use" viz-a-viz the U.S.P. We…

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