Danish Blue Grated Cheese from China

Grated Danablu (Danish Blue) is a creamy cow's milk cheese with bold blue veins, pre-grated for convenience in cooking. It qualifies for HTS 0406.20.28.00 as 'other' powdered blue-veined cheese, distinct from quota-specific types. Meets butter definition exclusion with natural lactic cultures.

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

EU aggregate quota shared with other blue-mold; Denmark allocation via reallocation if underfilled

Label as 'grated/powdered' explicitly; avoid bulk packaging that suggests ungrated form

Test for max 16% water content to confirm not dairy spread under 0405