Industrial Crude Cottonseed Oil from China
Crude cottonseed oil for non-food industrial uses like soap or paint production, gossypol status variable. Classified in HTS 1512.21.00.00 as it covers all crude cottonseed oils regardless of end use, not refined or modified. Differs from food-grade by lack of stringent purity.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
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)
Import Tips
• Declare end use as industrial to skip food regs; provide FFA specs >3% for crude proof
• Pitfall: end-use changes post-import can trigger reclassification