Refined Manatee Fat from Canada
Refined fat from manatee, a protected marine mammal, occasionally used in ethnomedicine. HTS 1504.30.00.00 covers such refined fractions without chemical changes, adhering to chapter notes on denaturing. Highly regulated due to conservation status.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
15%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.2910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.93, articles the product of Canada, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• CITES Appendix I mandatory with non-detriment finding; extreme scrutiny on origin
• Error: classifying under generic animal fats 1506