13

Official Chapter Guide

Lac, gums, resins, and vegetable saps, excluding certain extracts and products, for trade and compliance purposes.

Tariff Landscape

- Items under Chapter 13 can vary between being duty-free and dutiable depending on the specific product and its agricultural source.

- Section 301 implications are not widespread, but vary based on specific goods and export origins.

- While not prominent, always check for ADD/CVD measures on specific extracts.

- Classifying licorice extract with significant sucrose content under this chapter.

- Differentiation between essential oils and vegetable extracts.

Licorice extract with >10% sucrose or as confectionery is excluded.
Malt extract categorized differently.
Extracts of coffee, tea, or mate not included.
Alcoholic beverage vegetable saps or extracts are separate.
Products like camphor or glycyrrhizin under different headings.
Concentrates of poppy straw with ≥50% alkaloids excluded.
Medicaments and certain reagents not part of this chapter.
Tanning or dyeing extracts categorized elsewhere.
Essential oils and related products are excluded.
Items like natural rubber and similar gums are classified under different headings.

Important to distinguish between different types of extracts and preparations for proper classification.

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