Industrial Chocolate Paste with Low Milk Solids
Thick chocolate paste in bulk tubs over 2kg, with under 21% milk solids, used in commercial filling and coating processes. Falls under HTS 1806.20.82.00 as a bulk cocoa preparation qualifying under dairy products note with minimal milk content.
Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin
Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If containing 21% or more milk solids
Higher milk content dairy chocolate preparations classified separately within same bulk category.
If processed into bars/slabs ≤2kg even in bulk shipment
Form changes to bars or slabs shift heading regardless of total container weight.
If sugar-dominant with minor cocoa
Primarily sugar-based confections reclassify under Chapter 17 sugar confectionery.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Include manufacturer's declaration of milk solids percentage and bulk packaging specs in commercial invoice
• Avoid common pitfall of misdeclaring as retail by specifying industrial end-use in import docs
• Check origin quotas if from Ireland/UK; Mexican products excluded from certain limits
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Bulk Dark Chocolate Compound Low Dairy
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