The tariff classification of galanthamine hydrobromide inbulk form from China.

NY 854220 AUG 02 1990 CLA-2-29:S:N:N1:238 854220 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 2939.90.5000 Mr. Edmund J. Corboy Austin Chemical Company, Inc. 9655 West Bryn Mawr Avenue Rosemont, Illinois 60018-5299 RE: The tariff classification of galanthamine hydrobromide in bulk form from China. Dear Mr. Corboy: In your letter dated July 3, 1990 you requested a tariff classification ruling. Galanthamine hydrobromide also known as galantamine hydrobromide is a vegetable alkaloid drug (basic nitrogenous organic compound) having cholinesterase inhibitor activity. The applicable subheading for the galanthamine hydrobromide will be 2939.90.5000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives, other, other. The rate of duty will be 3.7 percent ad valorem. This merchandise may be subject to the regulations of the Food and Drug Administration. You may contact them at 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, telephone number (202) 443-3380. This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177). A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If the documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling should be brought to the attention of the Customs officer handling the transaction. Sincerely, Jean F. Maguire Area Director New York Seaport