Folgers Instant Coffee Singles with Sweetener Blend from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.380%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 equal to or greater than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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