Milk Chocolate Coating Wafers Industrial from Japan
Large slabs of milk chocolate containing butterfat and milk solids, designed for melting and enrobing in confectionery production lines. Classified under HTS 1806.90.30.00 as non-retail food preparations with cocoa and milk components.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include manufacturing end-use declaration to distinguish from retail products subject to candy duties
• Check against TRQ limits if butterfat nears 5.5%; provide compositional breakdown
• Label with nutritional info per FDA rules for milk-containing chocolate imports