1806.20.36.00/Unsweetened Chocolate Liquor with 15% Milk Solids/China

Unsweetened Chocolate Liquor with 15% Milk Solids from China

This is a bulk preparation made from ground cocoa beans with added low levels of milk solids (under 21% by weight), no added sugar, and minimal butterfat, supplied in containers exceeding 2 kg for industrial use. It falls under HTS 1806.20.36.00 as it consists wholly of ground cocoa beans with permitted additives and meets the milk solids and butterfat limits, excluding retail candy forms. Primarily used in chocolate manufacturing rather than direct consumption.

Duty Rate — China → United States

24.3%

Rate breakdown

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)

9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China

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Import Tips

• Verify milk solids content via lab analysis (under 21%) and ensure documentation certifies it's not retail confectionery to avoid reclassification

• Check against US aggregate quotas for low-butterfat chocolate crumb; provide country-of-origin proof (e.g

• non-Mexico) for quota access

• Use bulk packaging >2kg and include compositional breakdown to confirm 'wholly ground cocoa beans' status; watch for emulsifier declarations