Pre-Cooked Couscous Pucks from China
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 — China → United States
26.4%
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
• 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