Folgers Instant Coffee Singles with Sweetener Blend from China

Single-serve stick packs of instant coffee extract blended with sugar and artificial sweeteners totaling over 10% dry weight sugars. Enters under 2101.12.54.00 as coffee preparation described in chapter 17 note 3, pursuant to note 8. Counts sugars only per note definitions.

Duty Rate — China → United States

27.5%

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

Specify which sugars count toward 10% (exclude artificial sweeteners unless saccharide-based)

Label compliance crucial; mismatched declarations cause holds

File under note 8 early in quota year for priority processing