Food-Grade Guar Gum from Japan
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 — 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
• 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