Cultured Buttermilk Powder 15% Milkfat from China
Dehydrated cultured buttermilk with 15% butterfat, produced by fermenting skimmed milk with lactic cultures, commonly used in commercial baking mixes. Classified under HTS 0403.90.55.00 as dried buttermilk within the 6-35% butterfat range for 'other' fermented milk products. Excludes quota-exempt categories like high-lactose whey.
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
• Verify fermentation process documentation; must show lactic acid bacteria cultures per Chapter 4 butter definition standards
• Subject to aggregate dried cream quota (US note 2); apply early for licenses via USDA Dairy Import Licensing Program
• Avoid common pitfall of mislabeling as 'nonfat dry milk' which falls under restricted 0402.21 quotas