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23

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Residues and waste from food industries and prepared animal feed products.

Tariff Landscape

  • Items in this chapter may vary in dutiable status; specific research per subheading is crucial.
  • Monitor potential antidumping (ADD) and countervailing duty (CVD) actions on agricultural products.
  • Recent trade actions have not heavily targeted this chapter under Section 301 or 232.

Classification Strategy

  • Misclassification often occurs with products that still contain essential characteristics of the original materials.
  • Confirm if processed animal feed has lost essential characteristics to correctly classify under heading 2309.
  • Pay attention to subheading 2306.41 definitions to avoid errors with 'low erucic acid rape or colza seeds'.

Legal Framework

Executive Summary

Exclusions

  • Vegetable waste
  • Vegetable residues
  • Byproducts of vegetable or animal material processing with retained essential characteristics

Specific Definitions

  • Heading 2309 includes feed products processed to the extent they lose the original material's essential characteristics.
  • Subheading 2306.41 defines 'low erucic acid rape or colza seeds' as per Chapter 12 notes.

Additional Us Notes

  • Mixed feeds must include at least 6% grain or grain products.
  • Annual import limit for animal feed containing milk or milk derivatives under specified subheadings is 7,399,700 kg, excluding Mexican products.
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