Pharmaceutical Lime Juice Extract from China
Purified lime juice with high citric acid levels, unfit for beverages due to pharmaceutical processing, used in effervescent tablets and syrups. HTS 2009.39.10.00 applies to lime juice unfermented and unfit for beverage purposes under heading 2009 definitions. Excludes added spirit and meets non-potable criteria.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
9903.88.157.5%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)
Import Tips
• Submit FDA import alerts compliance docs proving medicinal end-use over food/beverage
• Test for Brix value per subheading notes to confirm industrial specs during entry
• Declare as bulk intermediate to avoid retail infant food misrouting under 2007.10