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
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, 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