Certified Organic Coconut Palm Sugar from China
Granular sugar from certified organic coconut palm sap, boiled down to solid form with sucrose content meeting chemically pure standards. HTS 1701.99.10.15 covers it as a specialty organic sugar under quota provisions, despite palm origin, due to solid sucrose structure. Palm sugars qualify if processed to high purity without additives.
Duty Rate — China → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
9903.05.860%Universal product exemption (U.S. note 52(b))
Import Tips
• Document sap source and processing to confirm sucrose purity; CBP may test for non-sugar solids
• Monitor USTR country allocations under note 5; palm sugars often face specialty reservations