Handmade Olive Oil Soap Bar from China
Artisanal bar soap crafted from olive oil, lye, and essential oils, molded into shapes for personal washing. Classified under HTS 3401.20.00.00 for soap in other forms like bars or cakes, containing added natural medicaments. Excludes shampoos or bath preparations of heading 3307.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
• Provide saponification certificates to prove soap content over synthetic surfactants
• Ensure retail packaging complies with FDA labeling for cosmetics if skin-contact intended
• Declare added substances like essential oils separately to prevent duty adjustments