Dark Chocolate Slab for Confectionery Manufacturing from China
Industrial slab of ground cocoa beans with minimal sugar (under 60%) and butterfat under 32%, used in large-scale candy production. Classified under HTS 1806.32.18.00 for unfilled bars/preparations wholly from cocoa beans, excluding retail confections. Ideal for melting and molding in factories.
Duty Rate — China → United States
21.8%
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
• Submit compositional breakdown (cocoa, fat, sugar %) on commercial invoice; mismatches lead to reclassification
• Avoid consumer-ready wrappers; bulk ship in plain liners to qualify as non-retail
• Track calendar-year quotas; Mexican products ineligible, so source from quota-eligible nations