Danish Blue Cheese Wheels from China
Danish Blue is a creamy, pungent blue-veined cheese from Denmark, produced with cow's milk and injected blue mold for distinctive veins and tang. It is classified under HTS 0406.90.74.00 as 'other' blue-veined cheese not covered by primary blue-mold quotas. The full wheels maintain characteristics of processed-from-blue-veined varieties.
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
• Confirm Danish origin avoids Mexico exclusion but check EU aggregate quotas
• Provide fat content and dry matter certificates per Chapter 4 notes
• Avoid bulk packaging that could imply industrial use