Peanut Butter Filled Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar from Japan
Semi-sweet chocolate bar filled with creamy peanut butter, under HTS 1806.31.00.49 for other confectionery fillings. Peanut paste blended with sugar forms the core, encased in balanced cocoa-sugar shell. Retail-oriented product per chapter scope.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Declare peanut content prominently; FDA prior notice mandatory for nut-filled foods
• Value declaration critical; separate filling costs if manufactured separately