Idiazabal Sheep Milk Cheese from Canada
Idiazabal is a smoked or unsmoked Basque sheep's cheese from Latxa breed milk, semi-hard with phenolic flavors from smoking over beech wood. Under HTS 0406.90.59.00 as other sheep's milk cheese, as smoking doesn't trigger separate preservation classification. PDO-protected, imported in 4-6 kg loaves.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
19.6%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.2910%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Canada
Import Tips
• Document smoking process to distinguish from preserved cheeses; obtain prior quota license from USDA; test for pure sheep's milk via protein profiling