Bitter Lime Juice for Vinegar Production from China
Extremely bitter lime juice, unfit for drinking, fermented into specialty vinegars in industrial settings. Classified 2009.39.10.00 as lime juice not for beverage purposes before vinegar processing. Meets unfermented juice notes pre-fermentation.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Specify pre-fermentation stage in docs to avoid chapter 22 vinegar shift
• Confirm <0.5% alcohol per chapter note 2009
• Bulk ship to prevent retail homogenization confusion