Mascarpone Cheese from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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