Wheat Pellets for Animal Feed from Japan
Compressed pellets made from wheat meal, used primarily as a high-energy feed supplement for livestock such as horses and cattle. Classified under HTS 1103.20.0010 as wheat pellets, meeting chapter requirements for cereal milling products with specified starch and ash content, fragmented to pass required sieve sizes.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• Verify starch content exceeds 80% and ash under 2.5% per chapter note A using modified Ewers method to avoid reclassification to 2302
• Provide milling process documentation and sieve test results (95% through 1.25mm for wheat meal base) for CBP review