0406.20.28.00/Danish Blue Grated Cheese/Germany

Danish Blue Grated Cheese from Germany

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 — Germany → United States

10%

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

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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