Dried Shelled Lentils, Including Seed

Canada dominates US lentil imports under this heading, with India and Turkey also significant sources — a supply concentration that makes harvest-year variability in the Canadian prairies a recurring risk for importers. The US schedule is unusually granular here, distinguishing sowing seed (0713401000) from food-grade lentils and further splitting by color — green (including French-style Puy-type) and red — as well as certified-organic versus conventional status across lines 0713402015 through 0713402085. Red and green lentils serve distinct end-use markets: red lentils are widely used in South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines and often sold split, while green varieties command premium positioning in specialty food retail. FDA oversight applies at entry, and organic-certified shipments require USDA NOP documentation to claim the organic tariff line.