Ghirardelli Chocolate Dessert Sauce from Japan
Rich chocolate sauce for desserts containing cocoa liquor, sugar, and corn syrup, properly classifiable under HTS 1806.90.30. Canadian manufacturing qualifies this product for USMCA preferential treatment under 9823.08.24 per note 8(b)(2). The liquid chocolate preparation meets all composition and form requirements.
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
• Ensure product not exported with drawback per US notes; maintain production records proving Canadian origin; declare exact statistical reporting number required