Frozen Double Chocolate Biscuits from Japan
Sweet biscuits with chocolate dough and chunks, frozen but low cocoa to stay in 1905. HTS 1905.31.00.29 for other frozen, per chapter note excluding >6% cocoa.
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
• Lab test cocoa % on defatted basis—critical for chapter note compliance
• Declare chocolate as inclusion, not coating
• EU origin may need additional chocolate certs