Industrial Food-Grade Cane Molasses from China
Food-grade cane molasses from sugar extraction, used in commercial baking and confectionery for bulk human consumption. Classified under HTS 1703.90.30.00 as imported for specified uses, with residual molasses characteristics post-refining. Bulk shipments avoid consumer packaging exclusions.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• Obtain Secretary of Agriculture license for quota entries; track fiscal year limits
• Prevent reclassification by documenting not 'prepared for ultimate consumer' per U.S. notes
• Raw value calculation mandatory for duty assessment