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High Butterfat Chocolate Liquor Paste from Germany

Concentrated chocolate liquor paste enriched with over 5.5% butterfat and milk solids for food processing. HTS 1806.90.15.00 applies to this non-retail preparation entered under U.S. note 2 quota limits. Used in bulk for ganache and filling 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

• Provide analytical certificates for butterfat/milk solids; critical for quota validation

• Declare exact entry quantities against annual limits (total 2.12M kg, country-specific)

• Store in industrial drums, not consumer packs, to maintain non-retail classification