Egg White Protein Isolate from Japan
Egg white protein isolate, or egg albumin isolate, is spray-dried from fresh egg whites to >90% protein for baking and sports nutrition. HTS 3504.00.10.00 includes it as nesoi, separate from unmodified egg albumins due to advanced purification. Its functional properties like foaming aid industrial food production.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• Salmonella and avian flu certificates essential for egg product imports
• Purity assays to distinguish from heading 3502 egg albumins
• FSIS prior notice required for animal-derived proteins