Peanut butter and paste: — Other
N329855 · 2023-01-09 — The tariff classification of peanut chunk from Indonesia
An ingredients breakdown, a narrative description of the manufacturing process and a high-resolution photograph accompanied your letter. “Peanut Chunk” is said to contain approximately 26 percent peanut paste, 25 percent palm olein oil, 25 percent sugar, 10 percent vegetable hydrogenated oil, 8 percent corn starch, 5 percent peanuts (roasted and crushed into small grains), and trace amounts of refined salt, lecithin, synthetic peanut flavor, and whole milk powder. “Peanut Chunk” appears to be a yellowish brown paste that is used as a filling in bread to manufacture peanut cream bread. The…
N253212 · 2014-05-21 — The tariff classification, country of origin and status under the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement of peanut butter from Colombia.
S.-Colombia TPA. You have outlined a scenario in which your company will import U.S.-origin “blanched jumbo peanuts raw” into Colombia, where they will be processed (fried and ground) and combined with other ingredients to form peanut butter. You did not indicate the origin of the other ingredients. The finished peanut butter will then be imported into the United States. As you noted in your letter, this office previously issued New York Ruling N238151, dated February 21, 2013, in which we provided a merchandise description, tariff classifications and general rates of duty applicable to the…
N244855 · 2013-08-22 — The tariff classification and status under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), of various nut spreads from Canada; Article 509
A sample of each spread was submitted for our examination. Ingredients breakdowns and manufacturing process information also accompanied your latest letter. You have outlined a scenario in which the required constituents (including peanut butter, whey protein isolate and other ingredients, as detailed below) will first be shipped to Canada from the United States. You state that all of these ingredients will be of U.S. origin. In Canada, the ingredients will be placed into a jacketed steam kettle, in which they will be blended at a temperature of 160°F for about seven to ten minutes. The…
N238151 · 2013-02-21 — The tariff classification of peanut butter from Colombia.
The merchandise in question is “creamy peanut butter” put up in 300-gram plastic retail jars or other forms/sizes of packaging. It is a smooth, brown spread made from fried peanuts, sugar, salt, emulsifier (glycerol esters and fatty acid compounds) and antioxidant (BHA). It is said to be manufactured by mixing, grinding and homogenizing the foregoing ingredients. The applicable subheading for the “creamy peanut butter,” if entered under quota, will be 2008.11.0500, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants,…
N229357 · 2012-08-12 — The tariff classification of peanut butter from China.
(Los Angeles). The merchandise is described as peanut butter made from peanuts, sugar, vegetable oil and salt. The manufacturing process in China consists of roasting, de-skinning and grinding the peanuts, adding the other ingredients, then mixing and hot-filling the product into jars. You state that all of the ingredients of this peanut butter will be imported into China from other countries. The raw peanuts will be obtained from the United States, Argentina and Australia. In your letter, you assert that “since the tariff duty is based on the country of origin of the raw peanuts, we believe…
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