Cheese Stuffed Green Place Packed Olives from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%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
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