Clam Chowder Soup Base
A prepared soup base made primarily from clams, seafood stock, potatoes, and cream, classified under HTS 2104.10.00.40 as a soup preparation based on fish or other seafood. It requires reconstitution with water or milk for serving and is not a homogenized composite food for infants.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If containing more than 20% fish meat by weight and prepared as preserved food
Products with substantial fish content fall under Chapter 16 for prepared/preserved fish, not soup preparations.
If based primarily on vegetables or meat instead of seafood
Heading 2104.10 specifies seafood-based; other bases go to the residual 2104.90.
If sold frozen as mixed vegetable-seafood soup mix without broth preparation
Frozen vegetable mixtures with seafood may classify under Chapter 7 if not prepared as soup/broth.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Verify the product is explicitly based on fish/seafood via ingredient list exceeding 20% by weight to avoid reclassification to Chapter 16
• Provide commercial invoice detailing base ingredients and preparation instructions to confirm it's a soup broth, not finished soup
• Check for any meat content over 20% which excludes it from Chapter 21 per chapter notes
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