Colgate Total Breath Freshening Strips from Japan
Dissolvable oral care strips with antibacterial agents for instant breath freshening and enamel protection. Classified in HTS 3306.90.00.00 as other oral hygiene preps in retail foil packs. Not gums or typical dentifrices.
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
• Certify strips as cosmetic, not edible; use moisture-proof packaging for transit
• Pitfall: Mistaking for candy under Chapter 17 if sweetened heavily