Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee with Cane Sugar from China
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.
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
• 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