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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