Bitter Lime Juice for Vinegar Production from Japan
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 — 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
• 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