1902.40.00.00/Pre-Cooked Couscous Pucks/Japan

Pre-Cooked Couscous Pucks from Japan

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 — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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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