Fava Bean Flour from Japan
Gluten-free flour ground from dried fava beans (Vicia faba) of heading 0713, utilized in pasta and thickening agents. HTS 1106.10.00.00 applies to this fragmented legume product per sieve and ash limits in chapter notes. Not suitable for pharmaceutical uses in Chapter 30.
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
• Test for vicine/convicine levels if marketed for favism-sensitive consumers, though not required for tariff
• Confirm no sprouting which could reclassify to fresh in 0708
• Use tamper-proof packaging to prevent contamination claims