Blue Cheese and Cream Mixture Wedges from China
These wedges blend generic blue-veined cheese with cream, creating a milder processed product with visible veins. HTS 0406.90.74.00 classifies it as mixtures containing blue-veined cheese, excluding quota mixtures of 0406.90.61/63. The emulsion stays within dairy cheese definitions per Chapter notes.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
• Disclose exact blue-veined percentage to confirm >0406.90.63 mixtures exclusion
• Obtain fat solids analysis matching Chapter 4 butter criteria
• Use licensed importers familiar with USDA reallocations