Sweetened Oolong Tea Concentrate from China
Liquid concentrate from oolong tea with added sugar exceeding chapter 17 note 3 threshold, entered via U.S. note 8. Primarily for beverage manufacturing. Classified in 2101.20.54.00 for tea extract basis and sugar provisions.
Duty Rate — China → United States
30%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• Use Brix measurements to document sugar concentration accurately
• File entries well before quota exhaustion periods
• Segregate inventory to distinguish note 8-eligible from other entries