Fresh Beluga Sturgeon Caviar from China
Premium fresh caviar from Beluga sturgeon (Huso huso), chilled and ready for immediate consumption as a luxury delicacy. Classified under HTS 0302.91.20.00 as fresh or chilled sturgeon roe, excluding processed or salted products. It falls within Chapter 3 for edible fresh fish products like roes.
Duty Rate — China → United States
50%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Verify CITES permits for endangered sturgeon species like Beluga to avoid seizure at customs
• Maintain cold chain documentation proving product is fresh/chilled, not frozen (HTS 0303) or processed
• Include lab certificates confirming it's roe only, not mixed with additives that could shift to heading 0309