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
16%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 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