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%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Photos of fresh molded form aid CBP classification
• Independent butterfat verification required
• Monitor EU-27 quota exhaustion (4.4M kg annual limit)