The tariff classification of Dark Chocolate Couverture from Switzerland

NY E84568 July 29, 1999 CLA-2-18:RR:NC:SP:232 E84568 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 1806.32.3000 Mr. Claude Schellenberger Max Felchlin, Inc. Bahnhofstrasse 63 CH-6431 Schwyz, Switzerland RE: The tariff classification of Dark Chocolate Couverture from Switzerland Dear Mr. Schellenberger: In your letter dated June 16, 1999, you requested a tariff classification ruling. You sent descriptive literature and samples of a dark chocolate couverture which is imported ready to use. It will be imported formed into 1250 gram bars, packed eight in a 10 kg case, shipped two cases to a 20 kg master case. The product will be used to prepare creams and chocolate centers, for ganaches and chocolate desserts, and/or to mold fancy items. Product CP21E Lord Patissier, dark couverture, is said to consist of 48 percent sugar, 33 percent cocoa mass, 16 percent cocoa butter, 2 percent dextrose, and traces of lecithin and vanillin. The applicable subheading for the CP21E Lord Patissier, dark couverture, will be 1806.32.3000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: Other, in blocks, slabs or bars: Not filled: 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. The rate of duty will be 4.4 percent ad valorem.  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 212-637-7059. Sincerely, Robert B. Swierupski Director, National Commodity Specialist Division