CLA-2-18:RR:NC:SP:232 I86964
Mr. Bob Forbes
R.O.E. Logistics
474 McGill Street
Suite 300
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H2Y 2H2
RE: The tariff classification of Milk Chocolate Couverture 824 (Product number 0958240-070) from Canada
Dear Mr. Forbes:
In your letter dated September 26, 2002, on behalf of Barry Callebaut Canada Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The subject merchandise is stated to contain 47.96 percent sugar, 21 percent cocoa butter, 14.24 percent chocolate liquor, 9.67 percent whole milk powder, 4.9 percent nonfat dry milk, 1.74 percent anhydrous milk fat, 0.46 percent soya lecithin and 0.008 percent vanilla extract. The total milk fat percentage is 4.53 and the total milk solids percentage is 16.31. The product will be imported in the form of chips/chunks. For purposes of this ruling, it is understood that the product will be imported in containers of a content exceeding 2 kilograms. The merchandise will be used as a coating.
The applicable subheading for the Milk Chocolate Couverture 824 will be 1806.20.3600, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: Other preparations in blocks or slabs weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg: Preparations consisting wholly of ground cocoa beans, with or without added cocoa fat, flavoring or emulsifying agents, and containing not more than 32 percent by weight of butterfat or other milk solids and not more than 60 percent by weight of sugar...other: containing butterfat or other milk solids (excluding articles for consumption at retail as candy or confection)...other...other: containing less than 21 percent by weight of milk solids. The rate of duty will be 37.2 cents per kilogram plus 4.3 percent ad valorem. In addition, except for goods of Canada, Mexico or Jordan, products classified under subheading 1806.20.3600, HTS, will be subject to additional duties based on their value as described in subheadings 9904.18.19 through 9904.18.24, HTS.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist John Maria at 646-733-3031.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division