Large Slab Couverture Chocolate from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, 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