Section IV · Sugars and sugar confectionery

1703.10

Cane molasses:

How this code is built
17

Chapter

Sugars and sugar confectionery

03

Heading

The product family within the chapter

10

Subheading

The specific good, identical worldwide

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. The United States adds two more for the tariff rate and, often, two more for statistics — which is why the rates below are listed against 8- and 10-digit numbers rather than against this code.

How the schedule reaches this code

  1. 17Sugars and sugar confectionery
  2. 1703Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar:
  3. Cane molasses:

Published US duty rates

Duty is set at the 8- or 10-digit line, not at this 6-digit subheading, so more than one rate can sit under this code.

  • 1703.10.30.00Imported for (a) the commercial extraction of sugar or (b) human consumptionliters
    General
    0.35¢/liter
    Special (FTA)
    Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Only if the goods qualify under one of these programs.

    Column 2
    1.8¢/liter

    Countries without normal trade relations.

  • 1703.10.50.00Otherliters, kg ttl sug
    General
    0.01¢/kg of total sugars
    Special (FTA)
    Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Only if the goods qualify under one of these programs.

    Column 2
    0.07¢/kg of total sugars

    Countries without normal trade relations.

Schedule footnotes

  • Report liters of dried molasses on the basis of 0.72 kg/liter.
  • See 9903.88.15.

A reference to Chapter 99 means an additional action — a Section 232 or 301 measure, an exclusion, or a quota — applies on top of the rate above.

This is the listed rate. Antidumping and countervailing duty orders, Chapter 99 actions and preference qualification all change what is actually collected, and classification is a judgement about your goods. Verify with your licensed customs broker before you file.

Other subheadings in heading 1703

Source: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) — 2026 HTS Revision 12, released 2026-07-21, published at hts.usitc.gov. A U.S. Government work in the public domain.