Plain Cocoa Block with Cocoa Butter from Germany
Block of ground cocoa beans blended with cocoa butter, trace flavorings, butterfat/milk solids <32%, sugar <60%, unfilled for industrial molding. HTS 1806.32.18.00 specifies such preparations excluding retail confections. Used in professional couverture production.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Label as 'not for retail consumption' on all docs to prevent reclass
• Distinguish cocoa fat from butterfat in analysis reports
• Monitor US note quotas; non-quota origins face TRQ over-rates