Large Slab Couverture Chocolate from China
Couverture chocolate in 3 kg slabs for professional chocolatiers, high cocoa butter content. Under HTS 1806.20.79.00 as slabs >2 kg in bulk packing, pursuant to general note 15. Designed for tempering and enrobing in commercial settings.
Duty Rate — China → United States
30%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• Provide lab tests for cocoa butter percentage; misdeclaration common for couverture vs standard chocolate
• Declare as industrial use only to leverage note 15 preferences over retail rates
• Avoid individual wrapping which could reclassify to smaller unit subheadings