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%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, 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