Expeller Pressed Crude Cottonseed Oil from Japan
Oil mechanically pressed from cottonseeds via expeller method, crude with gossypol possibly removed, high phospholipids. HTS 1512.21.00.00 for crude cottonseed oil, extraction method irrelevant to classification. Used in margarine and shortening manufacturing.
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
• Specify expeller process in invoices for organic claims; test for hexane residues if solvent doubt
• Common error: undervaluing bulk tanker shipments