High-Sugar Chocolate Syrup Bulk from China
Liquid chocolate syrup concentrate with >65% sugar by dry weight, in 20-liter bulk drums for beverage manufacturing. Classified in HTS 1806.20.73.00 for liquid bulk cocoa preparations over 2kg container size.
Duty Rate — China → United States
26%
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 liquid form and container size >2kg to distinguish from retail syrups
• Include compositional breakdown showing compliance with sugar note 2
• Avoid retail labeling to prevent reclassification under higher-duty codes