Cheese Stuffed Green Place Packed Olives from China
Gourmet green olives stuffed with cheese (e.g., feta crumbles), place packed in saline jars under 1 kg drained. Classified HTS 2005.70.16.00 for stuffed green olives in saline solution, within annual quota. Retail-ready preserved vegetable product.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.157.5%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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Dairy content requires additional FDA dairy import regs and refrigeration docs
• Quota proration across entries critical
• Pitfall: cheese melt during transit misread as homogenized