Pasteurized Drinking Buttermilk from Japan
Ready-to-drink pasteurized buttermilk with live cultures, low butterfat, packaged in consumer bottles for direct consumption. HTS 0403.90.20.00 covers this fluid fermented milk product as buttermilk in liquid form. Popular as a probiotic beverage in Eastern European markets.
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
• File FDA Prior Notice 72 hours before arrival; ensure bilingual labeling; verify no Mexican origin due to quota exclusions