Industrial Beet Sugar Maple Blend Syrup from China
Bulk syrup blending maple flavors with beet-derived sugars, designed for industrial food processing without flavoring or coloring additives. Classified in HTS 1702.20.28 per U.S. note 4 as a blended syrup not for immediate consumer use, allowing further mixing in products like sauces or confections. Its non-retail form and processible nature confirm this heading.
Duty Rate — China → United States
22.6%
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
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
• Confirm sugar origin (cane/beet) via polarity tests and provide proof of industrial end-use; avoid retail labeling to prevent reclassification
• Pitfall: Exceeding aggregate quotas triggers high over-quota duties