Cultured Buttermilk from China

Liquid buttermilk produced by fermenting sweet milk with lactic acid bacteria, plain and not concentrated. Classified in HTS 0403.90.95.00 as other fermented or acidified milk products.

Duty Rate — China → United States

34.5%

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)

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Import Tips

• Distinguish from byproduct buttermilk (0403.90.20) with production method documentation

• Maintain cold chain; provide temperature logs for customs clearance

• Test viscosity and acidity levels to confirm fermented status vs acidified