Feta-Style Sheep Cheese from China
Feta-style cheese is a brined white cheese made from pure sheep's milk (or sheep/goat blend approximating 100% sheep), crumbly with tangy salinity. HTS 0406.90.59.00 covers it as other sheep's milk cheese excluding PDO Feta from specific regions. Bulk imported in barrels for salad production.
Duty Rate — China → United States
27.1%
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
• Specify sheep's milk percentage on invoices to avoid cow's milk classification; maintain brine temperature logs; apply for quota early in calendar year