Murumuru Butter from Japan
Murumuru butter from Astrocaryum murumuru seeds is valued for hair care products due to its conditioning properties. Classified in HTS 1515.90.81.90 as unmodified fixed vegetable fat. Typically refined for commercial use.
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
• Provide peroxide value tests for oxidative stability
• Use bulk packaging to maintain 'bulk fat' status
• CITES check for wild-harvested species