Cream of Wheat Groats
Finely milled wheat groats used for hot breakfast cereal, meeting Chapter 11 starch and ash content requirements with over 80% starch and low ash. Classified under 1103.11.00.40 as 'other' wheat groats and meal, fragmented to pass 1.25 mm sieve per heading notes.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If coarser grind, ≥80% passes 500μm sieve
Wheat flour/pellets with sufficient fineness per note (A)(B) shift to 1101 from meal.
If high ash >2.5% or low starch <80%
Fails Chapter 11 milling product criteria, classified as bran/screenings per note (A).
If prepared/ready-to-eat with additives
If processed into flour preparations like mixes, excludes to Chapter 19 per chapter note (b).
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Verify starch >80% and ash ≤2.5% via Ewers method; test certificates prevent reclassification to 2302
• Ensure 95% passes 1.25mm sieve for 'meal' definition; bulk packaging avoids retail set issues
• Label as 'wheat groats/meal' not flour to comply with Chapter 11 exclusions from 1101
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