Chapter 29: Organic chemicals
HTS heading 2939: Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives
29 numbered lines under heading 2939, including 24 10-digit statistical lines. The first six digits are the international HS subheading; the general column is the normal US duty rate.
| HTS code | Description | Unit | General | Special | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2939 | Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives: | ||||
| Alkaloids of opium and their derivatives; salts thereof: | |||||
| 2939.11.00.00 | Concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine (INN); codeine, dihydrocodeine (INN), ethylmorphine, etorphine (INN), heroin, hydrocodone (INN), hydromorphone (INN), morphine, nicomorphine (INN), oxycodone (INN), oxymorphone (INN), pholcodine (INN), thebacon (INN) and thebaine; salts thereof | kg | Free | 15.4¢/kg + 50% | |
| 2939.19 | Other: | ||||
| 2939.19.10.00 | Papaverine and its salts | kg | Free | 15.4¢/kg + 104% | |
| Other: | |||||
| 2939.19.20.00 | Synthetic | kg | Free | 15.4¢/kg + 50% | |
| 2939.19.50.00 | Other | g | Free | 10.6¢/g | |
| 2939.20.00 | Alkaloids of cinchona and their derivatives; salts thereof | Free | Free | ||
| 2939.20.00.10 | Quinine and its salts | g | |||
| 2939.20.00.50 | Other | g | |||
| 2939.30.00.00 | Caffeine and its salts | kg | Free | 59% | |
| Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof: | |||||
| 2939.41.00.00 | Ephedrine and its salts | kg | Free | 15.4¢/kg + 59% | |
| 2939.42.00.00 | Pseudoephedrine (INN) and its salts | kg | Free | 15.4¢/kg + 59% | |
| 2939.43.00.00 | Cathine (INN) and its salts | kg | Free | 15.4¢/kg + 59% | |
| 2939.44.00.00 | Norephedrine and its salts | kg | Free | 15.4¢/kg + 59% | |
| 2939.45.00.00 | Levometamfetamine, metamfetamine (INN), metamfetamine racemate and their salts | kg | Free | 25% | |
| 2939.49.03.00 | Other | kg | Free | 15.4¢/kg + 59% | |
| Theophylline and aminophylline (theophylline- ethylenediamine) and their derivatives; salts thereof: | |||||
| 2939.51.00.00 | Fenetylline (INN) and its salts | kg | Free | 25% | |
| 2939.59.00.00 | Other | kg | Free | 25% | |
| Alkaloids of rye ergot and their derivatives; salts thereof: | |||||
| 2939.61.00.00 | Ergometrine and its salts | kg | Free | 25% | |
| 2939.62.00.00 | Ergotamine and its salts | kg | Free | 25% | |
| 2939.63.00.00 | Lysergic acid and its salts | kg | Free | 25% | |
| 2939.69.00.00 | Other | kg | Free | 25% | |
| Other, of vegetal origin: | |||||
| 2939.72.00.00 | Cocaine, ecgonine; salts, esters and other derivatives thereof | kg | Free | 25% | |
| 2939.79.00 | Other | Free | 25% | ||
| 2939.79.00.10 | Atropine (INN) and its salts | kg | |||
| 2939.79.00.90 | Other | kg | |||
| 2939.80.00 | Other | 6.5% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,K,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 30.5% | |
| 2939.80.00.10 | Saxitoxin | kg | |||
| 2939.80.00.50 | Other | kg | |||
| XIII. OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS |
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