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Product classification guide

Chocolate and cocoa food preparations: HS code 180690

HS 180690 is a residual subheading for chocolate and food preparations containing cocoa. National lines may split products by form, ingredients, sugar or dairy content.

Tariff evidence checked against the published data snapshot from 20 June 2026.

Current MFN rates by destination

These are the base most-favoured-nation rates found on exact HS 180690 national lines. A range means the destination uses more detailed product splits below six digits.

Verified base-rate evidence for Chocolate and cocoa food preparations
Destination MFN rate National lines
United Kingdom 8% 16
United States 3.5% to 6% 8
Australia 5% 1
Canada 5% to 265% 5

Do not declare at six digits alone. Open the destination page and match the detailed national description. Origin preferences and trade remedies are separate.

Does HS 180690 fit the product?

Usually includes

  • Many chocolate confectionery products
  • Certain cocoa-containing food preparations
  • Products not covered by a more specific 1806 subheading

Check another heading for

  • Cocoa powder in its specific subheading
  • Bulk cocoa preparations covered elsewhere
  • Preparations classified by another principal ingredient

Classification questions to answer

  1. What form is the product sold in?
  2. What are the cocoa, sugar and dairy contents?
  3. Does a more specific subheading describe it?

Record the product's materials, construction, function and technical specifications. Those facts are more useful than a supplier's suggested code when selecting a national line.

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Shipment value

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Official sources used for these pages

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