Plain Cocoa Block with Cocoa Butter from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
14.3%
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
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