Pork Breakfast Sausage Patties from China
Seasoned ground pork formed into flat patties, often sage-flavored for breakfast use. HTS 1601.00.20 covers these as sausage products of pork, emphasizing their formed and seasoned sausage identity over mere ground meat.
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
• Include commercial invoices specifying 'sausage' to distinguish from fresh pork products
• Comply with country-specific pork import quotas and prior approval from APHIS
• Test for residual nitrite levels to meet FDA food safety standards