Industrial Chocolate Paste with Low Milk Solids from China
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.
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
• 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