Buttermilk Powder Sugar Mix from China
A dry blend of dried buttermilk solids (0403.90) with sugar, exceeding 16% milk solids and under 5.5% butterfat, for bakery premixes. HTS 2106.90.09.00 covers this as a non-retail food preparation for further processing. It's not market-ready in imported form.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
9903.88.157.5%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)
Import Tips
• Label shipments clearly as 'not for retail sale' with intended industrial end-use
• Conduct fat content assays to confirm ≤5.5% butterfat threshold
• Maintain records of milk solids percentage calculations for customs audits