Roquefort-Style Blue Processed Blend from China
Processed cheese blend imitating Roquefort but using other blue-veined sheep's milk cheeses, not actual Roquefort. HTS 0406.30.63.00 for other processed containing blue-veined (explicitly excepting Roquefort), in block form. Differentiated by processing method.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
• Explicitly document non-Roquefort origin; apply blue-mold quota
• Avoid sheep's milk mislabeling pitfalls