Courvoisier VS Cognac from China
Courvoisier VS is a popular grape brandy from Cognac, distilled at under 80% vol, valued highly per liter in 1-liter bottles. HTS 2208.20.40.00 covers this as other grape spirits in small containers over value threshold. Distilled exclusively from grape wine per chapter definitions.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
• Use bonded warehouse for storage to defer duties; file entry within 15 days of arrival
• Provide distillation proof records—CBP may test for ethyl alcohol content equivalence