Gorgonzola Piccante Blue Cheese Loaves from China
Italian Gorgonzola Piccante features intense blue veins and crumbly texture from extended aging. This cow's milk blue-mold cheese qualifies for HTS 0406.90.72.00 under U.S. Note 17 for blue-veined cheeses pursuant to quota entry.
Duty Rate — China → United States
27.5%
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
• Secure import license confirming compliance with Note 17; EU quota fills quickly
• Include microbiological certification proving Penicillium roqueforti presence
• Label accurately to avoid reclassification as Italian-type under 0406.90.36