Gouda Blue Cheese Salad Mix from Japan
Crumbled mixture of Gouda and mild blue cheese for salad toppings. Carefully excludes quota blue-mold percentages to qualify 0406.90.88.00 as Gouda-processed other cheese. Minimal blue prevents quota shift.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Lab test blue-mold content below quota threshold; declare as Gouda-dominant; avoid EU countries with exhausted quotas