Gorgonzola Powder from Japan
Powdered blue-vein Gorgonzola cheese from cow's milk, capturing pungent flavor for sauces and dressings. Under HTS 0406.20.91.00 as other cow's milk powdered cheese, excluding specific blue-mold quotas. Freeze-dried to preserve characteristic mold cultures.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• Mold culture documentation; distinguish from quota blue-mold (Note 17)
• Vacuum packaging required; blue cheeses highly sensitive to oxygen exposure