Peanut Butter Cups
Chocolate-coated peanut butter candies ready for retail consumption, featuring a creamy peanut butter center encased in milk chocolate. Classified under HTS 1704.90.35.20 as sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, put up for retail sale with peanut butter as a key ingredient. The peanut butter distinguishes it from other confections in this subheading.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If containing cocoa
Products with chocolate coating shift to Chapter 18 as chocolate preparations, not sugar confectionery.
If not ready for consumption as confection
Peanut butter mixtures not presented as sweetmeats for immediate eating classify as fruit/nut preparations in Chapter 20.
If sold in bulk for further processing
Not put up for retail sale moves to food preparations; retail packaging is key for 1704.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Verify sugar content does not exceed Chapter 17 limits; provide lab analysis if over 65% dry weight sugars to avoid quota issues
• Label retail packaging with full ingredient list including peanut allergens per FDA rules; declare peanut butter content accurately
• Avoid misclassification as cocoa products; ensure documentation confirms no cocoa to stay in 1704
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Peanut Brittle
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Peanut Nougat Bites
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Caramel Peanut Patties
Sugar caramel discs topped with peanuts and peanut paste, packaged in retail boxes. HTS 1704.90.35.20 covers these as other peanut-containing confections ready for consumption, excluding cocoa products. The peanut butter layer qualifies the specific subheading.
Peanut Toffee Bars
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Honey Roasted Peanut Candy
Sugar-honey coated roasted peanuts with peanut paste binder, in retail pouches. HTS 1704.90.35.20 for peanut butter-containing sweetmeats ready for retail consumption, no cocoa. Honey enhances but sugar dominates classification.