Sugar Beet Juice Extractor from China
Industrial pulper and pressure screw system for extracting juice from sliced sugar beets through diffusion batteries. Falls under HTS 8438.30.00.00 as machinery dedicated to beet sugar manufacture. Handles hot water extraction at controlled temperatures.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Specify beet cossette processing capacity and diffusion battery configuration in docs
• Include temperature control specs (70-80°C) proving sugar beet process optimization
• Distinguish from cane equipment by cossette feeder and pulp discharge design