Cream-Filled Hard Candies from China
Hard sugar candies with a creamy milk filling, containing dairy and over 10% cane sugar by dry weight. HTS 1704.90.54.00 applies as other sugar confectionery without cocoa, entered under chapter 4 additional U.S. note 10 for dairy-qualifying products. The cream center provides the dairy component essential for this subheading.
Duty Rate — China → United States
29.7%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
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)
Import Tips
• Provide compositional breakdown showing dairy over threshold for note 10; apply for quota license early
• Avoid pitfall: Misdeclared sugar polarity can trigger raw value recalculation
• Use bonded warehouse for quota timing