Craft Beer Spent Hops from Japan
Spent hops are the exhausted hop cones after extraction in beer brewing kettles. This brewing waste under HTS 2303.30.00.00 is sometimes pelleted for niche fiber feeds or soil amendment. It retains trace bitterness compounds useful in ruminant diets.
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
• Differentiate from raw hops (1210) with brewing extraction certificates
• Declare low moisture to avoid phytosanitary treatments
• Small volumes common; consolidate shipments for cost efficiency