Roquefort Processed Cheese Sauce from Japan
Pourable processed cheese sauce containing Roquefort for pasta and steak toppings, stabilized with emulsifying salts. HTS 0406.30.57.00 covers this as 'other' processed cheese derived from Roquefort, maintaining blue cheese pungency in liquid form. Designed for foodservice melting applications.
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
• Require facility inspection certificates for sauce processing; monitor blue-mold cheese quotas
• Ensure sauce viscosity meets 'not grated/powdered' criteria
• Provide stability testing data for shelf-stable claims