Pre-Cooked Couscous Pucks from Canada
Compressed discs of fully cooked couscous, rehydratable by steaming, popular in ready-meal production. Still couscous under HTS 1902.40.00.00 despite cooking state.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
16.4%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.2910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.93, articles the product of Canada, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Document water activity levels (<0.6) for shelf-stable claims
• Provide reconstitution instructions showing couscous end use
• Test for microbial stability due to cooked/re-dried process