Yellow Tube Sponges Dried from Canada
Tube-shaped yellow sponges (Aplysina spp.) dried post-harvest from Caribbean seas. HTS 0511.99.36.00 covers these as other NESOI animal sponges, unfit for consumption and not horsehair. Raw form distinguishes from worked or set products.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
63%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.1450%Articles the product of Canada as provided in subdivision (b)(3) of U.S. note 51 to this subchapter
9903.05.2910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.93, articles the product of Canada, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Monitor endangered species lists; some tube sponges require special import licenses
• Invoice must specify 'not for human consumption' to align with Chapter scope