Shropshire Blue Cheese Truckles from China
English Shropshire Blue with distinctive orange rind and P. roqueforti veining, offering rich, salty flavor. Enters under HTS 0406.40.58.00 as other blue-mold cheese subject to additional U.S. note 17 quotas.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
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
• UK gets specific 23,617 kg quota under note 17—confirm allocation before import; provide rind/mold composition analysis; ensure not classified as Stilton (quota exemption only for UK Stilton)