Frozen Chicken Backs from China
Frozen chicken backs consist of the backbones and attached meat from chicken carcasses, used in stocks. HTS 0207.14.00.40 covers them as 'other' frozen cuts and offal of chickens. They are bone-in scraps not fitting specific leg or breast categories.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Label clearly as 'chicken backs' to distinguish from wholes or quarters during CBP exam
• Test for pathogens; high-risk offal requires enhanced FSIS sampling
• Track origin quotas if from quota-limited countries like Brazil or China