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
30%
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
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