Instant Chocolate Syrup Base Powder from China
Powdered base for chocolate syrups, featuring cocoa with over 90% sugar by dry weight, over 65% total sugar as in U.S. note 2. Falls under HTS 1806.10.45.00 pursuant to additional U.S. note 7 for quota-managed high-sugar cocoa entries. Reconstitutes easily for commercial syrup production.
Duty Rate — China → United States
27.5%
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
• Document reconstitution instructions to prove powder form, preventing misclass as liquid prep
• Check butterfat content <5.5% to stay outside chocolate crumb quota restrictions