Chocolate Sugar Dragées with Hazelnuts from Japan
Hazelnut centers enrobed in dark chocolate and finished with a colorful hard sugar coating, exceeding 10% sugar by dry weight. Classified in 1806.90.55.00 for quota-controlled entry under U.S. note 8 to chapter 17 as a cocoa-based preparation. The sugar shell and high sugar content trigger the specific provisions.
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
• Enter only through designated quota ports and track country-specific allocations (e.g
• UK 421k kg limit)
• Include commercial invoice detailing sugar percentage calculated on dry weight basis per HTS statistical notes
• Avoid common pitfall of mislabeling butterfat content, which could shift to restricted subheadings like 1806.20