Luden's Wild Cherry Cough Drops from China
Fruit-flavored hard cough drops with menthol for cough suppression. Classified in HTS 1704.90.25.00 as they qualify as cough drops with the required menthol dosage in a ready-to-eat sugar base.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
• Document menthol concentration via FDA-compliant lab reports
• Check for over 65% sugar dry weight to avoid Chapter 17 quota bans
• Use child-resistant packaging if claimed to prevent misclassification