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%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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