Keeping You In The Know: BEVERAGE INGREDIENT TARIFFS
Recent activities surrounding newly imposed tariffs have many beverage brand owners uncertain of what to expect when sourcing ingredients. To keep you in the know, we compiled a list of beverage related commodities to place on your radar as you plan for 2019.
- Almonds (shelled and unshelled)
- Apples (fresh and dried)
- Apricots (fresh and dried)
- Bananas (fresh and dried)
- Beta Carotene
- Bilberries
- Blackberries (fresh and frozen)
- Cantaloupe
- Carambola (starfruit)
- Carob
- Cashews (shelled and unshelled)
- Chayote
- Cherries
- Chili peppers
- Chitosan
- Citric Acid
- Coconut (dried, without inner shell, and other)
- Coffee
- Cooking Oil, including soybean, coconut, and corn
- Corn and corn products
- Cowberries
- Cranberries
- Cucumbers & Gherkins
- Currants (frozen)
- Dairy
- Dates (fresh and dried)
- Durian
- Erythritol
- Figs (fresh and dried)
- Fruit & Vegetable Juices (including apple, pear, pineapple, tomato, grapefruit, etc.)
- Fruit Pastes, Purees, Jams, & Jellies
- Gooseberries (frozen)
- Grapefruit
- Grapes
- Guava (fresh and dried)
- Honey
- Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose
- Kale
- Kiwi
- L-Arginine
- L-Citrulline
- Lemons
- Limes
- L-Malic Acid
- Loganberries
- Longan (fresh and dried)
- Lotus fog
- Lychee (fresh and dried)
- Magnesium Carbonate
- Mango (fresh and dried)
- Mangosteen (fresh and dried)
- Maple Sugar & Maple Syrup
- Microcrystalline Cellulose
- Mulberries (fresh and frozen)
- Mushrooms
- Nectarines
- Oats
- Orange Juice
- Oranges (fresh and dried)
- Other Citrus (including clementines, mandarins, pomelos, and satsumas)
- Other Fresh, Dried, Frozen, & Preserved Fruits & Nuts
- Papaya
- Peaches
- Peanut butter
- Pears
- Persimmons (fresh and dried)
- Pineapples (fresh and dried)
- Pitaya
- Plantains (fresh and dried)
- Plums
- Potassium Bicarbonate
- Potassium Citrate
- Potassium Sorbate Granular
- Prunes
- Raisins
- Rambutan
- Raspberries (fresh and frozen)
- Rice (including brown, glutinous, and other varieties)
- Rose hips (frozen)
- Sodium Benzoate Granular
- Sorghum
- Soups & Broths
- Soybeans (yellow and black)
- Spinach
- Strawberries (fresh and frozen)
- Strawberry Jam
- Sugar Alcohols
- Taro
- Tea
- Truffles
- Water, including mineral, carbonated, and flavored: 10%
- Watermelon
- Wheat
- Whey protein
- Whiskey and Bourbon
- Wine & Sparkling Wine
- Xylitol
For more information and the complete list of tariffs, visit ustr.gov.
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