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HTS code 1302.39.00 covers vegetable saps, extracts, and thickeners like carrageenan and other gums, excluding specific items detailed in the chapter notes. This code is used for importing these vegetable-derived products, with a general duty of 3.2% or free duty for eligible trade partners under specific agreements.

Detailed information for HTS Code 1302.39.00

This tariff classification falls within Chapter 13, which covers vegetable saps and extracts, pectic substances, and similar products. Specifically, code 1302.39.00 covers mucilages and thickeners derived from vegetables, whether modified or not, that aren’t specifically classified elsewhere. This includes items like carrageenan (1302.39.00.10) and all other vegetable mucilages and thickeners not elsewhere specified (1302.39.00.90). When reporting, use the appropriate statistical suffix to indicate the specific type of mucilage or thickener being imported – choose '.10' for carrageenan and '.90' for all other types.

Chapter	Chapter 13 - Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
Section	Section II - Vegetable Products

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General Duty

3.20%

Standard trade partners (NTR)

Special Duty

Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)

Eligible FTA or preference programs

The general duty rate for HTS code 1302.39.00 and its subdivisions (1302.39.00.10 and 1302.39.00.90) is 3.20%, applying to imports from countries without preferential trade agreements. However, a duty-free rate (special=Free) is available for goods originating in certain countries including Australia (AU), Bahrain (BH), Chile (CL), and others listed as eligible for FTA or preference programs. All reporting is required in kilograms (kg). It is not specified if different rates apply to the subdivisions beyond the main code's general and special rates.

Rate of Duty (Column 2): 20%

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Code subdivisions

1302.39.00.10

Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: > Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: > Other > Carrageenan

1302.39.00.90

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Chapter & section notes

Chapter notes

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 13 LAC; GUMS; RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS II 13-1 Note 1. Heading 1302 applies, inter alia, to licorice extract and extract of pyrethrum, extract of hops, extract of aloes and opium. The heading does not apply to: (a) Licorice extract containing more than 10 percent by weight of sucrose or put up as confectionery (heading 1704); (b) Malt extract (heading 1901); (c) Extracts of coffee, tea or maté (heading 2101); (d) Vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages (chapter 22); (e) Camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading 2914 or 2938; (f) Concentrates of poppy straw containing not less than 50 percent by weight of alkaloids (heading 2939); (g) Medicaments of heading 3003 or 3004 or blood-grouping reagents (heading 3822); (h) Tanning or dyeing extracts (heading 3201 or 3203); (ij) Essential oils, concretes, absolutes, resinoids, extracted oleoresins, aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils or preparations based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages (chapter 33); or (k) Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading 4001). Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II 13-2

Section notes

SECTION II VEGETABLE PRODUCTS II-1 Note 1. In this section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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