New

Ask Wove anything about tariffs.

Try Tariff Assistant

Food-Grade Once-Refined Cottonseed Oil from Germany

Cottonseed oil alkali-washed for initial purification in food processing plants, pending further refinement. Classified precisely under HTS 1512.29.0020 for its single-step refinement. Used in canned goods and snack food frying.

Duty Rate — Germany → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Obtain FDA prior notice for food imports and ensure compliance with GRAS status for cottonseed oil

• Provide chromatograms showing absence of bleaching earth residues

• Monitor for gossypol content declaration, a natural toxin in cottonseed requiring labeling