The following values have been determined to be the average Brix values of unconcentrated natural fruit juices in the trade and commerce of the United States, for the purposes of the provisions of the Additional U.S. Notes to Chapter 20, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202), and will be used in determining the dutiable quantity of imports of concentrated fruit juices, using the procedure set forth in Additional U.S. Note 2, Chapter 20, HTSUS:

Open Table
Kind of fruit juice Average Brix value (degrees)
Apple 13.3
Apricot 14.3
Bilberry (Whortleberry, Vaccinium Myrtillium) 13.4
Black currant 15.0
Blackberry 10.0
Black raspberry 11.1
Blueberry 14.1
Boysenberry 10.0
Carob 40.0
Cherry 14.3
Crabapple 15.4
Cranberry 10.5
Date 18.5
Dewberry 10.0
Elderberry 11.0
Fig 18.2
Gooseberry 8.3
Grape (Vitis Vinifera) 21.5
Grape (Slipskin varieties) 16.0
Grapefruit 10.2
Guava 7.7
Lemon 8.9
Lime 10.0
Loganberry 10.5
Mango 17.0
Naranjilla 10.5
Orange 11.8
Papaya 10.2
Passion Fruit 15.3
Peach 11.8
Pear 15.4
Pineapple 14.3
Plum 14.3
Pomegranate 18.2
Prune 18.5
Quince 13.3
Raisin 18.5
Raspberry (Red raspberry) 10.5
Red currant 10.5
Soursop (Guanabana, Annono Muricata) 16.0
Strawberry 8.0
Tamarind 55.0
Tangerine 11.5
Youngberry 10.0

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17470, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 74-41, 39 FR 2470, Jan. 23, 1974; T.D. 84-173, 49 FR 31852, Aug. 9, 1984; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51269, Dec. 21, 1988]


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