Peanut Brittle from Germany
Hard candy made from sugar syrup with embedded roasted peanuts, broken into pieces and retail-packaged. HTS 1704.90.35.20 applies as a ready-for-consumption sweetmeat containing peanuts, distinct from other sugar candies by peanut inclusion. Traditional confection without cocoa fits Chapter 17 perfectly.
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
• Provide manufacturing process description showing peanuts/peanut butter integration for Customs verification
• Ensure retail-ready packaging (e.g
• consumer tins) to qualify; bulk slabs risk reclassification
• Test for soluble non-sugar solids; exceeding limits excludes from Chapter 17 per notes