Dark Chocolate Coating Base
Industrial dark coating powder containing cocoa liquor, sugar, and palm oil, with minimum 6.8% non-fat cocoa nib solids and 15% vegetable fats, packaged in 25 kg bags. Intended for melting and enrobing pastries or ice cream in commercial production. Classified in 1806.20.60.00 due to its bulk form and composition as a confectioners' coating excluding finished confectionery.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If in cacao powder form without added fats
Cocoa powder preparations without the required vegetable fat minimum classify under unsweetened cocoa powder headings.
If sugar content predominates over cocoa components
Sugar confectionery with lesser cocoa may shift to Chapter 17 if not meeting chocolate solids criteria.
If sold as complete bars regardless of composition
Finished chocolate bars >2kg bulk but confectionery-type classify differently from industrial coatings.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Provide detailed ingredient breakdown and cocoa content testing to Customs for proper 1806.20.60 verification
• Avoid retail labeling or consumer packaging to prevent classification as candy under 1806.32
• Monitor annual quotas for low-butterfat chocolate crumb if applicable to your supplier country
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White Confectioners' Coating Compound
A bulk white coating made from sugar, vegetable oils like palm kernel oil, and cocoa powder with at least 6.8% non-fat cocoa solids and 15% vegetable fats. Used by bakers and chocolatiers for dipping fruits, nuts, or molding candies, supplied in 10 kg slabs. Falls under 1806.20.60.00 as it's a non-confectionery product designed for further processing, meeting the minimum cocoa non-fat solids and vegetable fat thresholds.
Palm Kernel Oil Chocolate Melting Wafers
Large wafers of confectioners' coating made with palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, and sugar, ensuring ≥6.8% non-fat cocoa solids and ≥15% vegetable fats, supplied in 5 kg blocks. Used in professional confectionery for molding and dipping. Meets HTS 1806.20.60.00 for bulk, non-retail coatings with specified cocoa and veg fat content.
Cocoa Vegetable Fat Enrobing Compound
Bulk granular enrobing compound blending non-fat cocoa solids (≥6.8%), vegetable fats like shea and palm (≥15%), and sweeteners, packed in 20 kg drums. Applied in chocolate factories for coating biscuits and confections. HTS 1806.20.60.00 applies to this industrial product excluding finished confectionery.
Bulk Chocolate Flavor Coating Paste
Paste form coating with cocoa nib non-fat solids ≥6.8%, vegetable fats ≥15% (coconut/soy blend), in 15 kg pails for bakery injection molding. Not intended as finished candy but for product development. Fits 1806.20.60.00 criteria for powder/paste bulk preparations containing specified cocoa/veg components.
Industrial Cocoa Butter Substitute Slabs
10 kg slabs of cocoa butter substitute with ≥6.8% non-fat cocoa solids from nib and ≥15% vegetable fats (palm/illipe), for chocolate tempering. Supplied to manufacturers for bar production. 1806.20.60.00 covers these non-confectionery bulk products with defined composition.