Key Lime Juice from China
Juice from key limes (Citrus aurantifolia), single fruit origin, unfermented with minimal added sugar, for culinary use. It qualifies for HTS 2009.39.20.00 as other lime juice, not concentrated, meeting the unfermented and low alcohol criteria of heading 2009.
Duty Rate — China → United States
7.5%
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)
9903.03.030%Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Specify botanical variety (e.g
• key lime) in invoices to differentiate from Persian limes and aid classification
• Test for alcohol content below 0.5% vol as per chapter note 2 cross-reference to ensure heading 2009 applies
• Watch for misdeclaration as grapefruit juice, which has precedence in other subheadings