Irish Oatmeal Groats from Japan
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 — 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
• 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