Bartender's Lime Juice Squeeze from China
Fresh-squeezed style lime juice for bars, Brix ≤20, single lime variety, unfermented. HTS 2009.31.20 covers this as 'other' low-Brix lime juice per precise Brix hydrometer reading. Not cooked or viscosity-altered per Chapter 20 notes.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
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)
Import Tips
• Label for retail sale to avoid industrial classification shifts
• Test for spirit content; zero tolerance under heading 2009 definition
• Avoid over 20 Brix from natural variation; dilute if needed pre-shipment