Cocoa Mass with Sugar Paste 20kg Pails from China
Paste of cocoa mass blended with sugar >10% dry weight, in 20 kg industrial pails for ganache production. HTS 1806.20.98.00 covers this paste bulk preparation in containers over 2 kg.
Duty Rate — China → United States
28.5%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Lab reports must detail dry weight sugar calculation excluding water content per kg cmsc statistical note
• Use tamper-evident industrial pails marked 'for further processing only'
• New Zealand sources limited to minimal quota; prefer unrestricted origins