Dried Grasshoppers from Japan
Chapulines (grasshoppers, Sphenarium purpurascens) dried with lime and salt, Mexican delicacy. Fits HTS 0410.10.00.00 as salted dried edible insects fit for human consumption per chapter notes.
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
• Traditional lime treatment acceptable if no preservation beyond salting; test for calcium additives
• Spanish/English bilingual labeling recommended for ethnic foods; declare exact species