Food Service Maple Blend from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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