Yellow Tube Sponges Dried from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
13%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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