Stilton Processed Grated Cheese from China
Grated Stilton cheese from UK cows' milk, rich blue-veined variety with mellow flavor, processed into fine grate. Excluded from Roquefort provision; fits HTS 0406.20.63.00 as other blue-veined grated (UK Stilton exempt from some quotas). For luxury recipes.
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
• UK Stilton exempt from blue-mold quota per note 23 if properly certified; still needs import license
• Provide Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) docs proving authentic Stilton production
• Distinguish from crumbled; grated form critical for 0406.20 classification