Bromelain Digestive Enzyme Supplement from China
Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme extracted from pineapples, used in dietary supplements to aid protein digestion and reduce inflammation. It falls under HTS 3507.90.70.00 as a prepared enzyme not elsewhere specified, distinct from medicaments of Chapter 30.
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
• Verify enzyme purity and activity levels via COA to confirm classification outside Chapter 30 medicaments
• Include detailed manufacturing process documentation to distinguish from excluded enzymatic preparations in Chapters 32 or 34
• Label as 'dietary supplement enzyme' to prevent reclassification as a pharmaceutical