Valdeon Blue Cheese from Germany
Valdeon is a Spanish intense blue cheese wrapped in leaves, blending cow and goat milk with strong blue veins. Classified HTS 0406.90.74.00 as 'other' containing blue-veined, outside EU blue-mold core quotas. Leaf wrapping doesn't alter cheese classification per notes.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Document milk blend and leaf as inedible covering per US note 8
• Apply for other countries quota access
• Test for mold fit excluding insects or non-edibles