Espresso Chocolate Sauce from Japan
Gourmet chocolate sauce infused with espresso containing cocoa, coffee extract, and sugar under 1806.90.30. Canadian production qualifies for USMCA 9823.08.24 per note 8(b)(2). Coffee flavoring doesn't override primary chocolate classification.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Specify coffee as flavoring not primary ingredient; provide caffeine content declaration; verify no coffee bean import affecting origin qualification