Licorice Root Extract Liquid from Japan

Liquid extract from licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) used as a natural sweetener and flavoring in foods and beverages. Classified under HTS 1302.19.91 as a vegetable extract, provided it contains no more than 10% sucrose and is not confectionery.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Import Tips

Test and document sucrose content below 10% to stay in 1302; otherwise, it moves to heading 1704

Include lab reports on glycyrrhizin levels to distinguish from products in heading 2938

Specify non-medicinal, food-grade use on invoices to avoid scrutiny under heading 3003