Fat-Free Grated Mozzarella for Pizza from Japan
Pre-grated fat-free Mozzarella cheese with 0.5% or less butterfat, packaged for direct pizza topping use. This product fits HTS 0406.20.87.00 as other grated cheese excluding quota-specific types and meeting low butterfat criteria. It's processed from skim milk to reduce fat content.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Provide milk origin certification; non-cow's milk versions may avoid certain quotas
• Check for anti-caking agents; excess additives risk reclassification to 2106
• Declare moisture content; high-moisture grated cheese sometimes argued as fresh under 0406.10