Courvoisier VS Cognac from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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