Gruyere Swiss Cheese Powder for Sauce from China
Spray-dried powder from Gruyere-process and Emmentaler blend for instant sauce and soup thickening. Classified HTS 0406.90.92.00 as processed cheese powder containing Swiss cheeses, excluding >95% lactose whey products. Professional kitchen essential.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Test for lactose content to avoid 1702 reclassification; provide spray-dry process certification; triple check powder quotas are separate from liquid