Buckwheat Flour from Japan
Gluten-free flour from buckwheat groats, essential for soba noodles, pancakes, and blinis. HTS 1102.90.60.00 covers buckwheat flour with starch >80% and ash <4% per chapter specifications.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Buckwheat ash <4%; hull contamination common—test cleaned groats only
• Confirm not roasted (0901/2101 exclusion); pure milling flour only
• Popular for celiac; voluntary gluten-free claims need third-party testing