Nonfat Blue Cheese Powder from China
Powdered Roquefort-style blue cheese defatted to ≤0.5% butterfat for dressings. Classified HTS 0406.20.85.00 low-fat grated/powdered under Note 23, not standard blue quotas.
Duty Rate — China → United States
27.5%
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
• Prove defatting post-molding; Note 20 blue quotas don't apply due to fat
• Pitfall: residual veins suggesting higher-fat blue reclass