Enzymatic Glucose Syrup 25% Fructose for Brewing from China
Specialty syrup for beer adjunct use, enzymatically produced with 25% fructose dry weight from starch, providing fermentable sugars without flavor impact. HTS 1702.40.40.00 covers this as other glucose syrup in the specified fructose range, imported in bulk for industrial brewing.
Duty Rate — China → United States
25.1%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Include end-use statement for brewing to differentiate from food uses if questioned on quotas
• Test for invert sugar absence; enzymatic fructose differs from acid inversion processes