Fresh Certified Organic Grape Tomatoes - Greenhouse from China
Premium fresh grape tomatoes, certified organic and greenhouse-grown, imported chilled during late summer. HTS 0702.00.40.02 applies specifically to this seasonal, organic greenhouse segment of fresh/chilled tomatoes per hierarchy and statistical notes on round varieties.
Duty Rate — China → United States
7.5%
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)
9903.03.030%Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Time shipments precisely within the July-Aug window; include cooling chain documentation to prove 'chilled' status
• Pitfall: Overripe or warmed produce may be deemed not 'fresh,' risking reclassification