Refined Manatee Fat from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
15%
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
• CITES Appendix I mandatory with non-detriment finding; extreme scrutiny on origin
• Error: classifying under generic animal fats 1506