Milk Pasteurizer from China
Industrial pasteurizer designed to heat milk to 72°C for 15 seconds to kill harmful bacteria while preserving quality, then rapidly cool it. Classified under HTS 8419.89.95.20 as machinery for temperature-based pasteurization specifically for beverages like milk. Excludes domestic models and focuses on food/beverage processing plants.
Duty Rate — China → United States
39.2%
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
9903.88.0225%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.12, 9903.88.17, 9903.88.20, 9903.88.54, 9903.88.59, 9903.88.61, 9903.88.63, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, 9903.88.69, or 9903.88.70, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(c) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(d)
Import Tips
• Verify equipment meets FDA pasteurization standards with validation documentation; ensure sanitary design certification (3-A or EHEDG); common pitfall is misclassifying as general dairy machinery under 8438