High FFA Crude Cottonseed Oil from China
Crude cottonseed oil with elevated free fatty acids (>5%), gossypol status per process, for discount refining. Fits HTS 1512.21.00.00 precisely as crude definition includes high impurity levels. Discounted for soapstock recovery.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Provide FFA assay reports; lower duties possible on quality discount
• Pitfall: contamination flags if moisture >0.5%