Hershey's Milk Chocolate Syrup
A sweet chocolate-flavored syrup made from sugar, cocoa processed with alkali, and other ingredients, classifiable under HTS 1806.90.18 as 'Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: Other: Other: Other: Other: Containing 30 percent by weight or more of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis.' This product qualifies for preferential USMCA treatment under 9823.08.21 when originating from Canada per note 8(b)(2).
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If cocoa content under 30% by weight on totally defatted basis
Lower cocoa preparations fall under food preparations chapter 21 rather than chapter 18
If containing milk solids and qualifying as blended chocolate preparation
Milk-containing chocolate products have separate provisions within 1806
If marketed primarily as sugar confectionery with incidental cocoa
Principal sugar content determines chapter 17 classification over chapter 18
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Obtain Canadian Certificate of Origin confirming USMCA qualification per general note 11,Verify cocoa content meets 30%+ totally defatted basis requirement for 1806.90.18 classification,Maintain records proving Canadian origin and compliance with note 8(b)(2) quantitative limits
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