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Sign inApril 2026 · Q68 · Valuation & Duty
Instant coffee under USMCA: chapter shift plus a coffee weight cap
Explain that under HTSUS 2025 General Note 11(o), Chapter 21 rule 1, instant coffee of tariff item 2101.11.21 made in Canada from raw Colombian coffee of subheading 0901.11 meets the product-specific rule only if BOTH (1) there is a change from any other chapter AND (2) the nonoriginating coffee of chapter 9 constitutes no more than 60 percent by weight of the good; the cap is a weight test, not a regional value content test, and meeting the rule does not by itself grant preferential treatment because all other applicable General Note 11 requirements still apply.
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Explain that under HTSUS 2025 General Note 11(o), Chapter 21 rule 1, instant coffee of tariff item 2101.11.21 made in Canada from raw Colombian coffee of subheading 0901.11 meets the product-specific rule only if BOTH (1) there is a change from any other chapter AND (2) the nonoriginating coffee of chapter 9 constitutes no more than 60 percent by weight of the good; the cap is a weight test, not a regional value content test, and meeting the rule does not by itself grant preferential treatment because all other applicable General Note 11 requirements still apply.
HTSUS General Note 11(o), Chapter 21, rule 1 (USMCA product-specific rule), GN p. 57; HTSUS General Note 11(b)(iii) (USMCA originating good using nonoriginating materials), GN p. 28 · Exam reference: HTSUS 2025 Basic Edition, no supplements. Source text: local 2025 Basic General Notes extraction (GN 11, USMCA; GN pp. 28-29 and p. 57). Historical edition only; no current-law sweep, no later revisions or supplements applied.
Explained using the historical edition for this exam.