Ground Allspice for Commercial Baking from China
Bulk ground Pimenta dioica for industrial bakery mixes, providing cinnamon-nutmeg notes. Falls under HTS 0904.22.80.00 as crushed genus Pimenta fruit. Packaged for food manufacturers rather than retail.
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
• Register as food facility with FDA prior to import for bulk spices
• Declare commercial end-use to potentially qualify for different statistical reporting
• Test for aflatoxins, common in tropical spices, to expedite release