&&L-Carnitine L-Tartrate is a white powder used as a dry sport beverage ingredient. It will be imported in bulk 25 kg drums. This product is greater than or equal to 99% pure L-Carnitine L-Tartrate. The chemical structure of the compound L-Carnitine L-tartrate is 1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, R-, salt with (R-(R*,R*))-2-3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid in a 2:1 ratio.

&&In your request for an Advance Ruling you proposed tariff classification under 2923.90.00.00. This tariff classification number is correct. According to Chapter 29, General Explanatory Note (A) (Chapter Note 1), “a separate chemically defined compound is a substance which consists of one molecular species whose composition is defined by a constant ratio of elements and can be represented by a definitive structure diagram.” The good meets the criteria as a separate chemically defined organic compound of Chapter 29, classified specifically under subheading 2923.90 as an “other quaternary ammonium salt and hydroxides”.