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Pellets

Cereal groats, meal and pellets: > Pellets

Duty Rate (from China)

37.5%
MFN Base RateFree
9903.05.31+12.5%

Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

9903.88.03+25%

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)

Total Effective Rate37.5%

What changed

Since July 13, 2026, for imports from China

  • •Section 301 Forced Labor — China (9903.05.31) now applies: +12.5%
  • •Section 122 — General (9903.03.01) no longer applies (was +10%)

Subheadings

1103.20.00.10Of wheat
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1103.20.00.90Of other cereals
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Products classified under HTS 1103.20.00

Corn Pellets

Pellets produced from corn (maize) meal or groats, where at least 95% passes a 2mm sieve per heading 1103 definition, meeting starch >90% and low ash thresholds. Commonly used in livestock feed and pet food formulations.

Rice Pellets

Pellets manufactured from rice groats or meal, with low ash (<1.6%) and starch >80%, used in puffed snacks, brewing, and aquaculture feed.

Wheat Pellets

Pellets made from wheat groats or meal, formed by compressing fragmented wheat grains that meet Chapter 11 starch and ash content criteria. These are used primarily as animal feed or in food processing, classified under HTS 1103.20.00 as cereal pellets distinct from flour or finer meals.

Barley Pellets

Compressed barley grain fragments forming pellets, derived from groats/meal with starch >80%, ash <3%, used in brewing adjuncts, animal nutrition, and food manufacturing.

Oat Pellets

Pellets from fragmented oat grains meeting 1103 criteria (95% through 1.25mm sieve, starch >80%, ash <5%), popular in equine feed and human nutrition bars.

Mixed Cereal Pellets

Pellets combining multiple cereals (wheat, corn, barley) fragmented per 1103 specs, for balanced animal rations or multi-grain feeds.

Sorghum Pellets

Pellets from grain sorghum (milo) groats/meal, qualifying via >90% starch, low ash, 95% through 500 micron sieve option per corn-like criteria.