Flavored High-Sugar Cocoa Drink Powder from Japan
Cocoa powder sweetened with vanilla flavoring to >90% sugar dry weight, over 65% per note 2, for home beverage use. Under HTS 1806.10.55.00 as other sweetened cocoa powder articles, excluding solid confections. Flavoring does not change its powder preparation classification.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include flavor ingredient breakdown in entry docs to prove cocoa-sugar dominance and avoid chapter 21 reclassification
• Comply with FDA nutrition labeling for imported powders; test for heavy metals common in cocoa imports
• Avoid retail-ready packaging that mimics candy to stay in 1806.10; use institutional bags if possible