Fructose-Enriched Cane Blend for Sauce Production from China
Blended syrup with fructose content exceeding 50% dry weight, mixing corn fructose and cane derivatives for ketchup and BBQ sauce bases. HTS 1702.60.22.00 applies as a note 4 blended product under GN15, designed for industrial saucing without final packaging. Excludes added flavors to stay in unflavored syrup category.
Duty Rate — China → United States
26%
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
• Verify no molasses residues push it into raw sugar definitions via dry state analysis
• Include bills of materials showing blend ratios for CBP verification of blended status
• Track USTR modifications to country allocations published in Federal Register