Chocolate Sugar Dragées with Hazelnuts from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
13.5%
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
• 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