Cherry Juice with Added Sugar from Mexico
Unfermented cherry juice sweetened with sugar, not containing added spirit, falling under 'other' in HTS 2009.79.00.60 for fruit juices beyond apple-specific subheadings. Suitable for retail, it complies with chapter notes excluding high alcohol or fermented products.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Label sugar content and conduct alcohol tests to prove under 0.5% vol, preventing reclassification to Chapter 22
• Use commercial invoices specifying 'unfermented, not from concentrate' if applicable to avoid bulk juice headings