White Chocolate-Free Dairy Taffy from Germany
Stretchy taffy strips flavored with dairy butter and cream, cane sugar over 10% dry weight. Classifies in HTS 1704.90.54.00 as non-cocoa sugar confections under chapter 4 note 10 dairy provisions. Butterfat content meets dairy criteria.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
12.2%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.380%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 equal to or greater than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Detail fat content in invoices for dairy verification; track October-September quota period
• Pitfall: Retail packaging exclusions if over 10% sugar amorphous
• Bond for potential re-export