Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa › Other
1704.90.20 — White chocolate
Sô cô la trắng
Unit: kg (kg)
HS code 17049020 covers white chocolate under heading 1704 (sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa), Chapter 17. The MFN import duty is 20%; the lowest FTA rate is 0% under ASEAN - China (ACFTA) (C/O form E required). VAT: 8/10%. Unit of quantity: kg.
MFN import duty
20%
Lowest FTA
0%
excl. MM
ASEAN - China (ACFTA)
VAT
8/10%
Excise / Env. tax
—
Not subject
Import duty comparison across FTA schedules
Full table with legal documents & effective dates
| Tax / Schedule | Rate | Document | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preferential import duty (MFN) | 20% | 26/2023/NĐ-CP | 15/07/2023 |
| Ordinary import duty | 30% | 15/2023/QĐ-TTg | 15/07/2023 |
| ASEAN (ATIGA)(2026) | 0% | 126/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - China (ACFTA) | 0%excl. MM | 118/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - Japan (AJCEP)(01/04/2026 - 31/3/2027) | 0% | 120/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Japan (VJEPA)(1/4/2026 - 31/3/2027) | 0% | 124/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - Korea (AKFTA) | 0%excl. PH | 119/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - Australia/New Zealand (AANZFTA) | 0% | 121/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - India (AIFTA)(01/01/2026 - 31/12/2026) | 5% | 122/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Korea (VKFTA)(2026) | 0% | 125/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Chile (VCFTA)(2026) | 0% | 112/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Eurasian Economic Union (VN-EAEU)(2026) | 0% | 113/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| CPTPP Agreement(2026) | 0% | 115/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - Hong Kong (AHKFTA)(2026) | 20% | 123/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - EU (EVFTA)(2026) | 2,5% | 116/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - UK (UKVFTA)(2026) | 2,5% | 117/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Laos | 0% | 206/2025/NĐ-CP | 15/07/2025 |
| Vietnam - Israel (VIFTA)(2026) | 8% | 131/2024/NĐ-CP | 15/10/2024 |
| RCEP - Group A (ASEAN)(2026) | 10% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group B (China)(2026) | 10% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group C (Korea)(2026) | 10% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group D (Japan)(2026) | 10,9% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group E (Australia)(2026) | 10% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group F (New Zealand)(2026) | 10% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
FTA schedules are cut annually: the rate shown applies to the period in brackets, per the decree's appendix.
VAT · Excise tax · Environmental protection tax
| Tax / Schedule | Rate | Document | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value added tax (VAT) | 8/10% | 181/2025/NĐ-CP | 01/07/2025 |
Rules of origin by FTA
To claim an FTA rate the goods must meet the origin criterion below AND carry a valid C/O — the right HS code alone is not enough.
- Other:
RVC(40) or CTH
RVC(40) hoặc CTH
CTHRVC40
Source: Circular No. 44/2025/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
- Other:
CC
CC
Source: Circular No. 37/2022/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2017 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
CTH
CTH
Source: Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2012 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
Sử dụng nguyên liệu từ bất kỳ Nhóm nào để sản xuất, ngoại trừ Nhóm của sản phẩm, trong đó: - trọng lượng đơn lẻ của nguyên liệu thuộc Chương 4 không vượt quá 20% trọng lượng sản phẩm; - trọng lượng đơn lẻ của đường không vượt quá 40% trọng lượng sản phẩm; và - tổng trọng lượng đường và nguyên liệu thuộc Chương 4 không vượt quá 50% trọng lượng sản phẩm.
Source: Circular No. 14/2026/TT-BCT
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
CTH
CTH
Source: Circular No. 32/2022/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
Sản xuất từ nguyên liệu thuộc bất kỳ Nhóm nào, ngoại trừ Nhóm của sản phẩm, trong đó: - trọng lượng đơn lẻ của nguyên liệu thuộc Chương 4 không vượt quá 20% trọng lượng sản phẩm; - trọng lượng đơn lẻ của đường không vượt quá 40% trọng lượng sản phẩm; và - tổng trọng lượng đường và nguyên liệu thuộc Chương 4 không vượt quá 50% trọng lượng sản phẩm.
Source: Circular No. 02/2021/TT-BCT
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
CC
CC
Source: Circular No. 10/2009/TT-BCT
- Other:
CTH or RVC(40)
CTH hoặc RVC(40)
CTHRVC40
Source: Circular No. 09/2022/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2017 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
- Other:
CC
CC
Source: Circular No. 01/2024/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
Agreements with no rule specific to this code
This code carries a preferential rate under the agreements below but has no line of its own in the product-specific rules annex. The goods must still meet an origin requirement.
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. The goods referred to in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Circular, other than the goods provided in Clause 2 of this Article, are considered originating if they have an RVC of not less than 40% calculated in accordance with Article 8 of this Circular.
Source: Circular No. 21/2019/TT-BCT · Article 7(1)
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. Products referred to in Clause 2, Article 2 are considered originating if:
a) The AIFTA content is not less than thirty-five per cent (35%) of the FOB value; and
b) The non-originating materials used in the production of that product have undergone a change in tariff classification at the six (6)-digit level (CTSH) of the Harmonized System.
provided that the last production process is carried out in the territory of the exporting Member State.
CTSH
Source: Circular No. 15/2010/TT-BCT · Article 4(1) of Appendix 1
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. For the purposes of point b clause 1 Article 5 of this Circular, goods not covered by Article 8 of this Circular shall be considered as originating if they have a regional value content (hereinafter referred to as RVC) of at least 40% of the FOB value, or if they have undergone a change in tariff classification at the 4-digit level (hereinafter referred to as CTH) of the Harmonized System.
CTH
Source: Circular No. 49/2025/TT-BCT · Article 7(1)
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. General origin criteria:
a) Goods referred to in Clause 2, Article 2 of this Appendix are considered originating in the Member State where the production or processing of those goods took place if:
- The goods have a regional value content (hereinafter referred to as the “ASEAN Value Content” or the “Regional Value Content (RVC)”) of not less than 40% (forty per cent), calculated in accordance with the formula provided in Article 5 of this Appendix; or
- All non-originating materials used in the production of those goods have undergone a change in tariff classification (hereinafter referred to as “CTC”) at the 4 (four)-digit level (that is, a change of heading) of the Harmonized System.
b) Each Member State shall allow the exporter of the goods to decide whether to use the criterion of “RVC of not less than 40% (forty per cent)” or that of “a change in tariff classification at the 4 (four)-digit level” referred to at Point a, Clause 1 in determining the origin of the goods.
CTC
Source: Circular No. 22/2016/TT-BCT · Article 4(1) of Appendix I
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. For the purposes of Clause 2, Article 2, goods are considered originating in the Member State where the production or processing took place if:
a) The goods have a regional value content (RVC) of not less than forty per cent (40%), calculated in accordance with Article 5; or
b) All the non-originating materials used in the production of those goods undergo a change in tariff classification (hereinafter referred to as “CTC”) at the four (4)-digit level (that is, a change of heading) of the Harmonized System.
2. Each Member State shall allow the exporter to use either of the criteria provided at Point a, Clause 1 or Point b, Clause 1 of this Article to determine the origin of the goods.
CTC
Source: Circular No. 31/2013/TT-BCT · Article 4(1)
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. General origin criterion
a) Goods specified in Clause 2 of Article 2 shall be considered as originating in the Member State where the working or processing of those goods has taken place if:
- The goods have a regional value content (hereinafter referred to as the “Viet Nam - Laos value content” or the “regional value content (LVC)”) of not less than forty percent (40%), calculated in accordance with the formula provided in Article 5; or
- All non-originating materials used in the production of those goods have undergone a change in tariff classification (hereinafter referred to as “CTC”) at the four (4)-digit level (meaning a change of heading) of the Harmonized System.
b) Each Member State shall allow the exporter of the goods to decide to use either of the two criteria “LVC of not less than forty percent (40%)” or “change in tariff classification at the four (04)-digit level” referred to at point a of Clause 1 in order to determine the origin of the goods.
CTCLVC
Source: Circular No. 04/2010/TT-BCT · Article 4(1) of Appendix 1
Criteria are quoted verbatim from the Vietnamese circular, not paraphrased.
Commodity policy for this HS code
Unofficial English rendering of the Vietnamese source; the document numbers link to the full text.
Managing authority: Ministry of Industry and Trade
- Goods subject to specialized food safety inspection (1182/QĐ-BCT-PL2-2021)Specialised inspection· Ministry of Industry and Trade
Related documents (full text)
Notes for Section IV — PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY
1. In this Section the term “pellets” means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3% by weight.
Notes for Chapter 17 — Sugars and sugar confectionery
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading 18.06);
(b) Chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading 29.40; or
(c) Medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.
Subheading Notes
1. For the purposes of subheadings 1701.12, 1701.13 and 1701.14, “raw sugar” means sugar whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of less than 99.5°.
2. Subheading 1701.13 covers only cane sugar obtained without centrifugation, whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of 69° or more but less than 93°. The product contains only natural anhedral microcrystals, of irregular shape, not visible to the naked eye, which are surrounded by residues of molasses and other constituents of sugar cane.
Goods previously classified under this code
2 notices from Vietnam Customs assigning code 17049020
Nguyên liệu sản xuất kem: Nước xốt vị socola trắng - Chê phâm thực phâm có thành phân chính sô cô la trăng
Hershey°s kisses cookies “N” creme, white chocolate with cookle bits
A ruling binds only the applicant that requested it; an analysis result binds only the consignment sampled. Neither is a general precedent — treat them as a reference for how Customs has reasoned about similar goods. Product names are read from scanned PDFs by OCR and may contain errors; open the original notice to check.
Vietnam trade in subheading 1704.90
Figures cover the whole 6-digit subheading 1704.90, not code 17049020 alone — UN Comtrade only publishes to 6 digits. Latest year available for Vietnam is 2023.
Imports
- 202157 mn USD
- 202282 mn USD
- 202373 mn USD
Top partners 2023
- China31 mn USD
- Indonesia13 mn USD
- Malaysia5 mn USD
- Thailand5 mn USD
- Rep. of Korea4 mn USD
- Türkiye4 mn USD
- Germany2 mn USD
- Japan2 mn USD
Exports
- 202161 mn USD
- 202284 mn USD
- 202388 mn USD
Top partners 2023
- Philippines16 mn USD
- Rep. of Korea11 mn USD
- Thailand10 mn USD
- Malaysia8 mn USD
- Japan4 mn USD
- Other Asia, nes4 mn USD
- USA3 mn USD
- Netherlands3 mn USD
2024: as reported by partner countries
Vietnam has not filed 2024 yet, so this is rebuilt from what its 19 largest trading partners reported about trade with Vietnam (85% of Vietnam's trade). Not the same measure as the figures above — compare it only with the 2023 row beside it.
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 105 mn USD | 104 mn USD | -1% |
| Imports | 80 mn USD | 93 mn USD | +16% |
- Exports 2023: partners reported 105 mn USD where Vietnam reported 88 mn USD — 1.20× on this measure.
- Imports 2023: partners reported 80 mn USD where Vietnam reported 73 mn USD — 1.09× on this measure.
The gap is not a rounding difference: goods re-exported through Hong Kong or Singapore, a different heading chosen by the importing customs, and origin-based versus destination-based attribution all pull the two measures apart. Use the year-on-year change, not the level.
Source: UN Comtrade (preview API) — reported by Vietnam. Partner totals are as reported and may differ from partner-country statistics.
Corresponding US tariff lines
Six digits are identical worldwide under the HS Convention, so 1704.90 is the same subheading in both schedules. What differs is how each country splits it: below are the 13 US lines under 1704.90.
| US HTS code | Description | General duty |
|---|---|---|
| 1704.90.10.00 | Other › Confections or sweetmeats ready for consumption › Candied nuts(kg) | 4.5% |
| 1704.90.25.00 | Other › Confections or sweetmeats ready for consumption › Other › Cough drops(kg) | Free |
| 1704.90.35.20 | Other › Confections or sweetmeats ready for consumption › Other › Other › Put up for retail sale › Containing peanuts, peanut butter or peanut paste(kg) | 5.6% |
| 1704.90.35.50 | Other › Confections or sweetmeats ready for consumption › Other › Other › Put up for retail sale › Other(kg) | 5.6% |
| 1704.90.35.90 | Other › Confections or sweetmeats ready for consumption › Other › Other › Other(kg) | 5.6% |
| 1704.90.52.00 | Other › Other › Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions(kg) | 12.2% |
| 1704.90.54.00 | Other › Other › 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(kg, kg cmsc) | 12.2% |
| 1704.90.58.00 | Other › Other › Other › Dairy products described in additional U.S. note 1 to chapter 4 › Other(kg, kg cmsc) | 40¢/kg +10.4% |
Additional Chapter 99 duties apply to goods of Vietnam
- 9903.02.69 +20% — The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 20%
- 9903.05.84 +12.5% — The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 12.5%
These are added to the General duty above, not in place of it. Whether a given article falls inside their scope — and the exclusion lists — is set out in the U.S. notes to Chapter 99, which are prose and not machine-readable, so this site does not assign them per code. Check the official schedule before quoting a landed cost.
Already terminated: 9903.01.72 +46%
The General column is the rate for Vietnam: the Special column lists US preference programmes (GSP, USMCA, KORUS…) and Vietnam is in none of them. Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States — 2026 HTS Revision 13. For reference only — classification on import is decided by US Customs, and anti-dumping, countervailing and Section 232/301 measures are not covered here.
Codes at the same level under 170490
Check neighbouring codes to make sure the classification fits best.
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