QB 22 – 216 Chocolate

COMMODITY:

Chocolate provided for in Chapter 18, additional U.S. Note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule                                          

QUOTA PERIOD:

January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022

OPENING DAY:

Monday, January 3, 2022                                                                 

RESTRAINT LEVELS:

Aggregate 26,167,700 kg.

Of the quantitative limitations provided for in this note, the countries listed below shall have access to not less than the quantities specified.

REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS:

Use entry type code 02, 06, 07, 12, 23, 32, 38, or 52.

Report in kilograms (kg).

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Products from Mexico are not to be permitted or included in the quantitative limitation and shall not be classified using the in-quota HTS numbers.

For purposes of administering tariff rate quotas containing minimum access quantities, imports will be applied to the minimum access quantity for a specific country. Once the minimum access has been reached, subsequent imports will be applied to the Other Countries/Areas allocation if available.

Please refer to Chapter 99, Subchapter IV, U.S. Note 1 for the list of countries that are not subject to additional agricultural safeguard duties under heading 9904.  Imports from these countries should be presented as a type 02 entry using the high rate (over-quota) tariff number provided for in Chapter 18 without the Chapter 99 HTS number.  These entries must still be reported through the ACS quota module.

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