Ethyl Benzoate Food Grade Flavor from China
Ethyl benzoate offers a fruity, pineapple-like flavor used in beverages and candies. As a benzoic acid ethyl ester with distinct odoriferous properties, it qualifies under HTS 2916.31.20.00 per Chapter 29 notes on esters classified with parent acid-function compounds.
Duty Rate — China → United States
41.5%
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
• Include FEMA GRAS status and FDA food contact notifications for flavor use verification
• Ensure labeling specifies 'odoriferous compound' not 'food additive mixture' to avoid 3824 reclassification
• Test for ethyl alcohol ester per note 5(A)(B) - classified with benzoic acid parent compound