Skimmed Milk Powder Enriched with Cream from China
Powdered milk product blending skimmed milk solids with added cream to achieve 18-20% total fat content, unsweetened for ice cream production. HTS 0402.21.73.00 covers this as 'other' milk/cream powder >1.5% fat without sugar, entered under General Note 15. Exclusively milk-derived with no non-dairy additives.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Document precise fat blend composition to confirm >1.5% threshold; avoid packaging that suggests retail sale which could trigger different treatment; apply early for import licenses due to calendar-year quota limits