Food-Grade Guar Gum from China
Food-grade guar gum is a standardized guar seed extract meeting strict purity standards for use in ice creams, sauces, and baked goods as a stabilizer. Classified under HTS 1302.32.0020 for guar-derived mucilages and thickeners, it remains a vegetable product extract not qualifying as a finished medicament or essential oil. Its high viscosity properties derive directly from guar galactomannans.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
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)
Import Tips
• Include FDA compliance documentation and lot-specific testing for microbial limits, as food-grade imports face heightened scrutiny
• Avoid packaging in consumer-ready retail units to prevent classification as a food preparation under Chapter 21