0406.90.59.00/Idiazabal Sheep Milk Cheese/Japan

Idiazabal Sheep Milk Cheese from Japan

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 — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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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