Seasoned Wakame Seaweed Salad from China
Instant wakame seaweed salad mix is rehydratable dried Undaria pinnatifida with soy sauce, sesame, and vinegar flavoring. It qualifies for HTS 2008.99.91.55 as preserved 'other seaweed' prepared for retail, not homogenized or juiced. Popular in ready-to-eat Japanese side dishes.
Duty Rate — China → United States
31%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
9903.05.860%Articles provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Check for allergen declarations (soy, sesame) as required by FDA labeling rules
• Use ISF filing early due to frequent holds on Asian seafood products
• Avoid describing as 'fresh' to prevent shift to higher-duty fresh seaweed codes