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Customs Ruling of the Week – Classification of GoGo SqueeZ YogurtZ

By Frances P. Hadfield & Rebecca Toro Condori on March 16, 2020
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In NY N309405, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) determined the classification of a yogurt blend from France. GoGo SqueeZ YogurtZ ”Pandora” Banana Greek Yogurt Blend is approximately 73 percent yogurt, 15 percent Greek yogurt A, 9 percent cane sugar, 2 percent banana puree, and trace amounts of pectin, starch, banana flavor, sour blocker flavor, modulator flavor, and vitamin D2. The product is packed in pouches, 3 oz or 85 grams, net weight.

CBP determined that the applicable subheading for the product is 2106.90.64, HTSUS, which provides for food preparations not elsewhere specified or included … other … other … other … containing over 10 percent by weight of milk solids … other, dairy products described in additional U.S. note 1 to chapter 4 … described in additional U.S. note 10 to chapter 4 and entered pursuant to its provisions. The general rate of duty will be 10 percent ad valorem. If the quantitative limits of additional U.S. note 10 to chapter 4 have been reached, exceeding 4,105,000 kilograms, the product will be classified in subheading 2106.90.6600, HTSUS, and dutiable at the general rate of 70.4 cents per kilogram plus 8.5 percent ad valorem.

Photo of Frances P. Hadfield Frances P. Hadfield

Frances P. Hadfield is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group in the firm’s New York office. Her practice focuses on forced labor and withhold release orders (WRO), import regulatory compliance, and customs litigation. She regularly advises corporations on matters involving…

Frances P. Hadfield is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group in the firm’s New York office. Her practice focuses on forced labor and withhold release orders (WRO), import regulatory compliance, and customs litigation. She regularly advises corporations on matters involving customs compliance, audits, customs enforcement, as well as import penalties.

Frances represents clients before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as in proceedings at the administrative level. She advises corporations on both substantive federal and state regulatory issues that involve U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife in matters pertaining to product admissibility, audits, classification, import restrictions, investigations, marking, licenses, origin, penalties, and tariff preference programs.

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