Cottonseed Salad Oil Crude Base from Canada
Pre-refining crude cottonseed oil intended for salad oil production, gossypol removed to meet purity baselines. Under HTS 1512.21.00.00 as explicitly crude, prior to refining steps like alkali treatment. Essential raw material for clear cooking oils.
Duty Rate — Canada → 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
• File FDA prior notice 72hrs ahead for food crude oil; ensure color index <50 for crude status
• Pitfall: winterization pre-import changes to refined