Irish Oatmeal Groats from China
Irish oatmeal is coarsely ground oat groats meeting 1103 criteria: 95% through 1.25mm sieve, high starch, low ash as per Chapter notes. Traditional stone-ground fragmentation product of oat grains, used for authentic porridge. Excluded from Chapter 19 as unprepared.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Include lab reports for sieve aperture test and Ewers polarimetric method starch verification
• Specify 'coarse ground groats' on invoices to differentiate from finer meals
• Ensure no additives that trigger Chapter 19 or 21 reclassification