Sweetened Apple Juice Blend from China
Apple juice blended with minor fruit essences and high levels of added sugar, unfermented and spirit-free. Classified under 2009.79.00 as 'other' apple juice due to its sweetened profile not fitting concentrated or low-Brix categories. The primary apple content keeps it in heading 2009.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Document apple content percentage (>50%) to justify heading 2009 over mixtures in 2106
• Ensure import declarations specify 'unfermented, no added spirit' with alcohol test results
• Avoid bulk packaging that could lead to reclassification as industrial syrup under different rates