Pizza Sauce Tomato from China
Concentrated tomato sauce preparation for pizza toppings, blended with oregano, basil, salt, and sugar. Classified in HTS 2103.90.90.59 for other tomato-based sauce preparations, not basic tomato paste.
Duty Rate — China → United States
23.9%
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
• Specify 'for pizza use' in invoices but classify by composition; retain recipe breakdowns
• Comply with country of origin marking; pitfalls include bulk vs retail packaging affecting duty
• Monitor Brix levels to differentiate from 2002 tomato pastes