Roquefort-Processed Cheese Spread from China
This spread is made by processing Roquefort blue cheese with cream for a smooth, veined texture suitable for spreading. HTS 0406.90.74.00 applies as 'other' cheese containing or processed from blue-veined (Roquefort) types, outside primary sheep-milk quotas. It meets criteria for blue-veined substitutes without exceeding mixture exclusions.
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
• Provide Roquefort content percentage and origin docs for French sheep-milk verification
• Check aggregate blue-mold quotas for EU imports
• Label as 'processed from blue-veined' to prevent dairy spread misclassification