Certified Organic Trinitario Cocoa Beans
Hybrid Trinitario cocoa beans, certified organic from Trinidad and Madagascar origins, supplied whole or broken, raw or roasted. HTS 1801.00.00.10 applies to these minimally processed organic cocoa beans.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If manufactured into chocolate crumb
Processed into low-fat chocolate crumb under quantitative limits, organic crumb falls under 1806.10 regardless of bean origin.
If for conventional farming beans
Same form but non-organically grown beans use the general subheading without certified organic designation.
If dried like other beans
Dried beans of the cocoa plant not specifically for cocoa processing may classify as dried leguminous vegetables in Chapter 7.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Use ISF filings to pre-declare organic certification details, reducing hold times at US ports
• Test for heavy metals like cadmium, common in organic cocoa, to preempt FDA detention
• Consult CBP rulings for mixed organic/non-organic lots to prevent commingling penalties
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