Quinoa Seeds
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is a protein-rich pseudocereal seed native to the Andes, harvested and sold whole for cooking like rice. Classified under HTS 1008.90.01 as 'other cereals' since it functions as a grain in trade, despite botanical differences from true cereals like wheat or maize.
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If sold primarily as a medicinal or forage seed crop
Seeds of herbaceous plants for non-cereal food use may shift to 1212, but quinoa imported for human consumption as a grain remains in 1008.
If pearled or otherwise milled beyond whole seed
Milled grains like buckwheat are in 1102, changing from raw cereal seeds in 1008.
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