Mascarpone Cheese from Canada
Italian fresh cream cheese made from cow's milk, triple-creamed with high fat content for tiramisu. Classified in HTS 0406.10.88.00 as unripened cow's milk cheese. Excludes ripened varieties per HTS exclusions.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.2910%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Canada
Import Tips
• Provide pasteurization and fat content certificates matching chapter butterfat definitions
• Confirm product remains unripened (no lactic cultures beyond harmless bacteria)
• Monitor annual quota allocations for EU countries supplying mascarpone