Seasoned Wakame Seaweed Salad from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
6%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.030%Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 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