Feta-Style Sheep Cheese from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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