0406.20.85.00/Fat-Free Cottage Cheese Powder/Mexico

Fat-Free Cottage Cheese Powder from Mexico

Powdered form of nonfat cottage cheese curd, dried to ≤0.5% butterfat for baking. Under HTS 0406.20.85.00 as powdered low-fat cheese per Note 23. Differentiated from whey by molding capability and fat specs.

Duty Rate — Mexico → United States

20%

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

• Document drying process to prove cheese origin vs whey concentrate; quota licenses non-transferable

• Common error: classifying as fresh curd under 0406.10 if insufficiently powdered