0406.10.18.00/Cambozola Blue Cheese/Mexico

Cambozola Blue Cheese from Mexico

Cambozola is a fresh triple-cream blue-mold cheese made from cow's milk with characteristic blue veins from Penicillium roqueforti. As a soft-ripened fresh cheese that is unpressed and uncured in the traditional sense, it falls under HTS 0406.10.18.00 for other fresh blue-mold cheeses. Its creamy texture and mild blue flavor distinguish it from aged blue varieties.

Duty Rate — Mexico → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico

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Import Tips

• Obtain USDA import license as this falls under blue-mold cheese quota (limited to ~2.8M kg/year total); no Mexico origin allowed

• Provide certificate of origin and lab analysis confirming blue-mold (Penicillium roqueforti) content and fresh cheese characteristics

• Avoid misclassification as aged cheese; ensure documentation shows it's fresh/unripened to prevent duty re-assessment