The tariff classification of puddings from Canada
Issued November 14, 1995 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Tariff classification
HTS codes: 1901.90.2500
Headings: 1901
Product description
Samples, ingredients breakdowns, and a description of the manufacturing process accompanied your letter. The samples were examined and disposed of. The products are refrigerated and shelf-stable ready-to-eat pudding products, put up for sale in foil-sealed plastic cups. Ingredients common to all varieties are water, sucrose syrup, condensed skim milk, starch, salt, flavor and color. Other ingredients, depending on variety, are vegetable oil, tapioca, and cocoa. The puddings are prepared by mixing and homogenizing all ingredients, cooking, cooling, and aseptically packing in four-ounce cups. Examination of the samples found all had thick, creamy consistencies, firm enough to hold a plastic spoon in a vertical position, and, when scooped out of the container, retained their shape on the utensil.
Full text
NY 814294 November 14, 1995 CLA-2-19:R:N2:228 814294 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 1901.90.2500 Mr. John S. Rode Rode & Qualey 295 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 RE: The tariff classification of puddings from Canada Dear Mr. Rode: In your letter dated August 30, 1995, on behalf of Kraft Foods, Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling. Samples, ingredients breakdowns, and a description of the manufacturing process accompanied your letter. The samples were examined and disposed of. The products are refrigerated and shelf-stable ready-to-eat pudding products, put up for sale in foil-sealed plastic cups. Ingredients common to all varieties are water, sucrose syrup, condensed skim milk, starch, salt, flavor and color. Other ingredients, depending on variety, are vegetable oil, tapioca, and cocoa. The puddings are prepared by mixing and homogenizing all ingredients, cooking, cooling, and aseptically packing in four-ounce cups. Examination of the samples found all had thick, creamy consistencies, firm enough to hold a plastic spoon in a vertical position, and, when scooped out of the container, retained their shape on the utensil. The applicable tariff provision for the puddings will be 1901.90.2500, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSUSA), which provides for food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract...not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 percent, not elsewhere specified or included...other... puddings ready for immediate consumption without further preparation. The general rate of duty will be free. This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 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 Stanley Hopard at 212-466-5760. Sincerely, Roger J. Silvestri Director National Commodity Specialist Division
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