Pork Breakfast Sausage Patties from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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