Cocoa Mass with Sugar Paste 20kg Pails from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
18.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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