Nonfat Basket Cheese from China

Fresh drained cheese molded in baskets from skim milk with ≤0.5% butterfat. Classifies under HTS 0406.10.78.00 as other fresh unripened low-butterfat cheese. Traditional Mediterranean style.

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

Photos of fresh molded form aid CBP classification

Independent butterfat verification required

Monitor EU-27 quota exhaustion (4.4M kg annual limit)

Nonfat Basket Cheese from China — Import Duty Rate | HTS 0406.10.78.00