Potassium Lactate from China
Potassium lactate, the potassium salt of lactic acid, is classified under HTS 2918.11.51.00 as 'other' lactic acid salts. Food preservative (E326), flavor enhancer, and humectant in meat products and baked goods.
Duty Rate — China → United States
137.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6096.6%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
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• FDA GRAS affirmation letter required for meat/poultry preservative applications
• Specify 60% solution strength common in food processing
• Pathogen reduction claims require supporting antimicrobial efficacy data