Processed Nacho Cheese Sauce Base from China

Pourable processed cheese sauce base for nachos, made from cow's milk blend with stabilizers. HTS 0406.30.91.00 as other processed cheese (not retail-ready prepared), for foodservice reconstitution. High-melt index.

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

Industrial vs consumer packaging; bulk >10kg avoids some retail quotas

Shelf-life testing for unrefrigerated import; comply with FSMA

Avoid 'sauce' misnomer leading to 2106 reclassification