Sweet biscuits
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty capsules of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products: > Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers: > Sweet biscuits
Duty Rate (from China)
Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Subheadings
Products classified under HTS 1905.31.00
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crunchy biscuits made with flour, sugar, butter, and chocolate chips, baked to a golden brown. Classified under HTS 1905.31.00 as sweet biscuits due to their sweetening with sugar and cookie-like texture fitting the definition of biscuits in this heading.
Shortbread Biscuits
Rich, buttery biscuits made with flour, butter, and sugar, cut into fingers or rounds. Classified in 1905.31.00 for sweet biscuits, processed beyond simple meal per heading notes.
Lemon Tea Biscuits
Light, crisp biscuits infused with lemon zest and sugar icing. Sweet biscuits under 1905.31.00 due to flavoring and sweet preparation.
Sugar Cookies
Soft or crisp biscuits rolled and cut into shapes, topped with sugar. Pure sweet biscuits per HTS 1905.31.00.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Fork-pressed biscuits with peanut butter, sugar, and flour. Sweet classification under 1905.31.00.
Almond Biscotti
Twice-baked crunchy biscuits with almonds and anise. Italian-style sweet biscuits for HTS 1905.31.00.
Vanilla Wafers
Thin, sweet vanilla-flavored biscuits. Borderline wafer but classified as sweet biscuits if not wafer-structured.
Fig Newton Bars
Soft cookie with fig paste filling, sweet biscuit base. HTS 1905.31.00 for the biscuit component.
Animal Crackers
Sweet, shaped biscuits mimicking animals, sugar-coated. Classic sweet biscuits under 1905.31.00.
Ladyfingers
Light, sweet sponge biscuits used in desserts. Prepared sweet biscuits per 1905.31.00.
Digestive Ginger Biscuits
Whole wheat biscuits with ginger spice and sugar. Sweet variant of digestives in 1905.31.00.
Butter Cookies
Delicate, rich sweet biscuits primarily of butter and sugar. HTS 1905.31.00 sweet biscuits.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Chewy biscuits with oats, raisins, brown sugar, and cinnamon. HTS 1905.31.00 covers these as sweet biscuits, incorporating groats or meal per chapter definitions.
Digestive Biscuits
Semi-sweet whole wheat biscuits with malt extract, designed for tea-time snacking. Falls under HTS 1905.31.00 as sweet biscuits, prepared beyond basic flour milling per chapter notes.
Ginger Snap Cookies
Thin, crispy biscuits flavored with ginger, molasses, and sugar for a spicy-sweet taste. HTS 1905.31.00 applies as they are sweet biscuits, distinct from basic pastry or bread.