2303.20
Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture
Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets
Where this code sits
- Section IV · Chapter23 — RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FEEDPREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR;TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY
- Heading2303 — Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets
- Subheading2303.20 — Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture
Six digits is as far as the international nomenclature goes, and it is the same six digits in every country that applies the Harmonized System. Your destination adds further digits of its own, and the rate lives on that national line — which is why the US lines below run to eight and ten digits, and why the lookups go to each authority's own tariff.
Duty rate
USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Revision 18 (2026) · retrieved 13/09/2026
Measures in force on top of this rate
- Antidumping/countervailing duties not checked — they are administered separately, keyed to the exporter, and can exceed the tariff rate. Check for an order in force before relying on this total.
Paste 2303.20 into the lookup and follow it down to your national line.
US national lines under 2303.20
The United States subdivides this subheading into 3 lines. They share a duty rate, so the classification below the subheading affects reporting rather than the amount.
| Line | Description | General | Preferential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2303.20.00 | Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture | Free | — |
| 2303.20.00.20 | Dried beet-pulp | Free stated on 23032000 | — |
| 2303.20.00.40 | Other | Free stated on 23032000 | — |
A blank General cell means the line states no rate of its own and takes the one above it — the line it is stated on is named, so the figure can be checked where it actually appears. Preferential rates are listed with the programme codes that grant them; the schedule offering a rate is not the same as your goods qualifying for it.
Preferential rates for 2303.20
No preference programme applies to these lines for any origin — the general rate is the rate, wherever the goods come from. That is worth knowing: there is nothing to claim here, so no certificate of origin will reduce the duty.
Legal notes that govern this code
Reproduced from the published tariff schedule. Section and chapter notes are binding and are part of the nomenclature itself; statistical notes are US reporting rules and are not classification law.
Section IV notes PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR;TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY
1. In this section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight.
Additional U.S. Notes
1. In this section the term "canned" means preserved in airtight containers by heat processing to destroy or inactivate micro-organisms and enzymes that otherwise could cause spoilage.
2. For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires--
(a) the term "percent by dry weight" means the sugar content as a percentage of the total solids in the product;
(b) The term "capable of being further processed or mixed with similar or other ingredients" means that the imported product is in such condition or container as to be subject to any additional preparation, treatment or manufacture or to be blended or combined with any additional ingredient, including water or any other liquid, other than processing or mixing with other ingredients performed by the ultimate consumer prior to consumption of the product;
(c) the term "prepared for marketing to the ultimate consumer in the identical form and package in which imported" means that the product is imported in packaging of such sizes and labeling as to be readily identifiable as being intended for retail sale to the ultimate consumer without any alteration in the form of the product or its packaging; and
(d) the term "ultimate consumer" does not include institutions such as hospitals, prisons and military establishments or food service establishments such as restaurants, hotels, bars or bakeries.
Chapter 23 — Notes
Legal Notes of the Harmonized System. Binding, and part of the international nomenclature.
1. Heading 2309 includes products of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included, obtained by processing vegetable or animal materials to such an extent that they have lost the essential characteristics of the original material, other than vegetable waste, vegetable residues and byproducts of such processing.
Chapter 23 — Subheading Notes
Subheading Notes. Binding, scoped to subheadings.
1. For the purposes of subheading 2306.41, the expression " low erucic acid rape or colza seeds" means seeds as defined in subheading note 1 to chapter 12.
Chapter 23 — Additional U.S. Notes
Additional U.S. Notes. Binding in the United States; not part of the international HS.
1. The term "mixed feeds and mixed-feed ingredients" in subheading 2309.90.10 embraces products of heading 2309 which are admixtures of grains (or products, including byproducts, obtained in milling grains) with molasses, oilcake, oil-cake meal or feedstuffs, and which consist of not less than 6 percent by weight of grain or grain products.
2. The aggregate quantity of animal feed containing milk or milk derivatives entered under subheadings 2309.90.24 and 2309.90.44 in any calendar year shall not exceed 7,399,700 kilograms (articles the product of Mexico shall not be permitted or included in the aforementioned quantitative limitation and no such articles shall be classifiable therein).
Of the quantitative limitations provided for in this note, the countries listed below shall have access to not less than the quantities specified below:
Quantity (kg) Ireland 5,470,323 United Kingdom 83,914 New Zealand 1,782,618 Australia 56,699
Notes are reproduced from the published tariff schedule. They govern classification, but reading them is not the same as applying them to your goods — that is what a broker or a binding ruling is for.
Other subheadings under 2303
Elsewhere in chapter 23
Importing 2303.20 into
Each guide covers how duty and tax are assessed there, the authority with jurisdiction, and what catches importers out.
Common questions
What is HS code 2303.20?
2303.20 covers Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture. It sits under heading 2303 (Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets) in chapter 23, residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed.
What is the US duty rate for 2303.20?
The Column 1 General rate is Free, from US national line 2303.20.00. That is the rate before any preference you can claim, and it does not include antidumping or countervailing duties, which are administered separately and can exceed it.