Dark Chocolate Baking Chips from Mexico
Semi-sweet dark chocolate chips designed for baking cookies, muffins, and desserts, containing less than 21% milk solids by weight. Classified under HTS 1806.90.28.00 as a food preparation containing cocoa with butterfat or milk solids, not for retail candy consumption. Excludes water content per statistical notes.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
16%
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
• Verify milk solids content via lab analysis to confirm <21% threshold; retain certificates for CBP review
• Ensure entry excludes retail candy packaging; provide commercial invoices specifying bulk industrial use
• Monitor annual quotas for low butterfat chocolate crumb; prefer Mexican origin to bypass limits