Probiotic Dried Buttermilk for Supplements from China
Dried buttermilk powder enriched with live probiotics, butterfat ≤45%, from fermented milk. HTS 0403.90.61.00 covers it as quota-entry dried fermented product under U.S. Note 9. Packaged for health food applications.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Viability testing for probiotics; declare as buttermilk not supplement to stay in 0403
• Mandatory Note 9 license; no Mexico origin
• Annual quota tracking essential