Sorbic Acid from Canada
Sorbic acid (2,4-hexadienoic acid, CH3CH=CH-CH=CHCOOH) is a polyunsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acid used as a food preservative. Falls under HTS 2916.19.50.00 as 'other' unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acid. Its conjugated double bonds characterize its antimicrobial properties.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
110%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6096.3%Except as provided in heading 9903.04.61, patented pharmaceutical articles as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (d) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
9903.05.2910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.93, articles the product of Canada, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include FDA GRAS status documentation and food-grade certificates for food import compliance
• Specify purity >99% and absence of sorbate esters to maintain pure compound classification
• Declare potassium sorbate content if trace; salts classified with parent acid per Chapter 29 note 5(C)