Food-Grade Ethylvanillin Crystals from China
High-purity ethylvanillin crystals certified for direct food contact, used in ice cream, chocolate, and beverages as vanilla substitute. HTS 2912.42.00.00 applies to this chemically defined aldehyde-ether-phenol; food-grade status is purity specification, not formulation change. Excluded from Chapter 21 as synthetic chemical, not finished food.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40.5%
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
9903.88.0325%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
• Submit FDA GRAS affirmation documentation and kosher/halal certificates if claimed
• Label shipments clearly as 'chemical flavor intermediate' to avoid food product scrutiny