Mead in 12oz Slim Aluminum Can from China
Honey wine (mead), a fermented honey beverage exceeding 0.5% ABV, packaged in slim 12oz aluminum cans. HTS 2206.00.90.30 covers other fermented beverages like mead in aluminum containers, distinct from grape wines in 2204. Often lightly carbonated but not sparkling per pressure definition.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Provide fermentation records proving it's not distilled; distillation shifts to 2208
• Aluminum cans require BPA-free certification for FDA compliance
• Calculate duties on proof liters at 15.56°C; adjust for actual strength proportionally