0406.10.78.00/Nonfat Basket Cheese/Japan

Nonfat Basket Cheese from Japan

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 — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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Import Tips

• Photos of fresh molded form aid CBP classification

• Independent butterfat verification required

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