0406.20.28.00/Danish Blue Grated Cheese/China

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

20%

Rate breakdown

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)

9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China

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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