Food Service Maple Blend from China
Blended maple syrup for institutional food service further dilution, mixed with beet sugars. Classified 1702.20.22.90 as note 4 blended syrup, GN15 provisions. Bulk totes, not retail packaged.
Duty Rate — China → United States
26%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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)
Import Tips
• Monitor fiscal year quotas set by Secretary of Agriculture; apply for specialty sugar reservation if applicable
• Pitfall: mislabeling as pure maple leads to duty disputes