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Air Import Coffee Bean Tariff Rates and Declaration Elements

To determine the import tariff on coffee beans, you must first identify the customs code, because beans produced with different processes and ingredients carry different tariffs.

1. Pure coffee beans and coffee powder with no other ingredients added

a. For unroasted coffee powder and coffee beans, the import tariff is 8%, value-added tax is 17%, with no consumption tax. The relevant customs codes (HS) for coffee powder import are 09011100 and 09011200.

b. For roasted coffee powder and coffee beans, the import tariff is 15%, value-added tax is 17%, with no consumption tax. The relevant customs codes (HS) are 09012100 and 09012200.

2. Products with coffee beans as the basic ingredient but with other ingredients added

The tariff is 30%, value-added tax is 17%, with relevant customs codes (HS) such as 21011200.

Other factors may affect coffee powder import tariffs: agreement rates with relevant countries, ASEAN preferential tariff policies, least developed countries tariff policies, and so on. For example, Chilean coffee beans and coffee powder carry an import tariff of 1.5%, and Costa Rica 9%.

Air Import Coffee Bean Customs Declaration Precautions

The arrival procedure for coffee bean import clearance is commodity inspection first, then customs. If the commodity inspection fails, the goods are not allowed into the country and must be returned.

Commodity inspection verifies the declared goods in the cargo supervision area: whether the packaging meets standards and whether the Chinese registered trademark is complete. The cargo documents must also be reviewed, including health and immunization certificates issued by the exporting country, certificates of origin, quality guarantee letters, and so on. For coffee beans packaged on "pallets," if wooden pallets are used, the fumigation certificate issued by the exporting country must also be reviewed. Random inspection of the goods is conducted as well, generally on one-thousandth of the total cargo, to test whether it meets the national import coffee bean hygiene standards, with the remaining samples kept for backup.

Widely available varieties on the market

Hazelnut belongs to the birch family (Betulaceae), hazel genus (Corylus), with about 20 species worldwide, widely distributed in temperate regions of Asia, Europe, and North America. Nine species have been confirmed by academia, namely American hazelnut (C. americana), European hazelnut (C. avellana), Turkish hazelnut (C. colurna), and others, but only European hazelnut has real edible value. Eight species are naturally distributed in China with two varieties, mainly in the three northeastern provinces, the northern provinces, the Hengduan Mountains in the southwest, and mountainous areas in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia in the northwest.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Import duties and logistics are only part of what determines the price of a bag of coffee, and roast level is where the difference becomes something you can taste. During roasting, three elements decide the final flavor and must be kept in balance: acidity, sweetness, and bitterness. The darker the roast, the more bitter and the heavier the body; the lighter the roast, the more acidic and the lighter the cup. For anyone who wants a balanced cup, medium roasts are the best place to start, and that is exactly where FrontStreet's medium-roast lineup sits.

FrontStreet's Brazil Queen Estate is a good example. It is a yellow Bourbon from Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, with a clean, gently sweet cup; a medium roast brings out cream peanut, chocolate, toast, and sugarcane, and it works for pour-over, in a moka pot, or on an espresso machine. FrontStreet's Strawberry Candy Geisha blend takes a sweeter, fruitier route. It combines two well-known Central and South American origins, a Costa Rican honey-processed coffee and a Panamanian washed Geisha, and FrontStreet roasts it medium to highlight both honeyed citrus and a rounded sweetness; it suits cold brew, pour-over, and espresso. FrontStreet's 2013 Sun-Dried Typica represents Yunnan as a Chinese specialty origin, with the orthodox small-bean profile, roasted medium so it keeps a balanced, gentle character with soft notes of nuts, brown sugar, black tea, and dried apricot; it can be brewed as pour-over, cold brew, or drip, and offers very good value. FrontStreet's Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 completes the set: the Typica variety and Jamaica's remarkable geography combine into a medium roast that fuses acidity, bitterness, sweetness, and body into an elegant whole, opening with chocolate, roasted nuts, cream, and caramel, a balance few other coffees match.

For these medium roasts, FrontStreet suggests water around 89-90°C with a medium grind and a 1:15 ratio. Bloom briefly, pour in steady stages, and avoid letting the tail run, since the goal is to keep sweetness and balance in front of any bitterness.