Whole Blue Cheese-Stuffed Green Olives in Bulk Saline from China
Gourmet whole green olives stuffed with blue cheese, packed in saline brine in industrial containers over 8 kg drained weight. Classified in 2005.70.25.20 as whole stuffed green olives in large saline packs, excluding dairy-dominant mixtures. For high-end food processing.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Address dairy import quotas and pasteurization proofs for cheese stuffing
• Ensure olives remain principal ingredient (>50% by weight)
• Pitfall: Allergen declaration omissions leading to holds