Pork Breakfast Sausage Patties from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
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