2940.00.20.00 - D-Arabinose

This HTS classification covers D-Arabinose, a chemically pure sugar distinct from sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose, and fructose. It is specifically a monosaccharide sugar, an aldopentose, that is often used in laboratory research, pharmaceutical formulations, and as a specialty food ingredient. Its chemical structure and properties differentiate it from other sugars not explicitly listed here.

While the parent category encompasses a broad range of chemically pure sugars and their derivatives, this specific subheading is reserved solely for D-Arabinose. Other sugars, sugar ethers, acetals, esters, and their salts that do not fit the definition of D-Arabinose would be classified under the sibling category 2940.00.60.00, which acts as a residual category for all other qualifying products within heading 2940.

As this subheading represents a leaf node in the HTS structure, there are no further subdivisions under 2940.00.20.00. Therefore, any product meeting the description of D-Arabinose, a chemically pure sugar, will be classified here, provided it is not otherwise excluded by specific notes within Chapter 29 or the parent heading.