Large Slab Couverture Chocolate from Japan
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 — 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
• 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