1806.90.15.00/Chocolate Baking Wafers with Milkfat/Japan

Chocolate Baking Wafers with Milkfat from Japan

High butterfat chocolate wafers designed for industrial baking and confectionery production, containing over 5.5% butterfat and milk solids. Classified under HTS 1806.90.15.00 as a food preparation containing cocoa not for retail candy consumption, entered pursuant to additional U.S. note 2 provisions for quota-limited imports. Excludes retail-packaged candy bars.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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Import Tips

• Verify butterfat exceeds 5.5% via lab analysis; provide certificates for U.S. note 2 quota eligibility

• Confirm not retail candy packaged; bulk shipments only to avoid reclassification

• Track annual quotas (e.g

• Ireland 1.7M kg); enter early in calendar year to secure allocation