Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee with Cane Sugar
Fair-trade organic instant coffee from freeze-dried extracts blended with organic cane sugar exceeding 10% dry weight, in jars for retail. HTS 2101.12.54.00 applies as a coffee-based preparation under chapter 17 note 8 provisions for sweetened articles described in note 3. The sugar integration makes it a 'preparation' rather than extract.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If under 10% sugar by dry weight
Lower sugar coffee preparations use the non-chapter 17 note subheadings.
If pre-roasted coffee not in extract form
Unextracted roasted coffee without processing into soluble form stays in raw coffee headings.
If compound with dairy or other non-coffee bases
Coffee compounds with milk or cream shift to composite preparations in 2106.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Include organic certification and sugar content lab reports in documentation to support classification and note 8 entry
• Beware of reclassification if moisture affects dry weight sugar calculation; use standardized testing methods
• Track U.S. note 8 quantitative limits closely, as overrun leads to higher general rates under 2101.12
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