Organic Sweetened Condensed Milk from Japan
Certified organic sweetened condensed milk from grass-fed cows, concentrated with organic cane sugar. Falls under 0402.99.55.00 as other condensed milk; organic certification doesn't change HTS classification but requires separate documentation.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Maintain organic certification chain-of-custody docs alongside dairy quota paperwork
• Sugar source must be verified as non-GMO for organic claims
• Pitfall: organic status doesn't exempt from TRQ licensing