Rooibos Tea Sweet Concentrate
Concentrate from rooibos (red bush tea) extracts, sweetened beyond 65% sugar dry weight for herbal drinks. HTS 2101.20.4800 includes such maté/tea-like preps with high sugar. Caffeine-free alternative to traditional teas.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If compound syrups with flavors
Herbal compound preps not purely tea-based go to general 2106.
If pure vegetable extracts
If no sugar and plant-based only, lac/vegetable extracts.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Classify as 'tea or maté basis' despite herbal origin; provide sourcing docs
• FDA prior notice required for tea extracts as beverages
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