Buckwheat Pellets for Gluten-Free Baking from Canada
Compressed buckwheat groats used in gluten-free flour blends and baking mixes. As pellets of buckwheat ('other cereals'), they qualify under 1103.20.00.90 with required starch >80%, ash <4%, and 95% through 1.25mm sieve.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.2910%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Canada
Import Tips
• Use independent lab for polarimetric starch and ash tests; results critical for chapter placement
• Ensure not 'prepared flours' of 1901 per exclusion (b); declare as raw pellets
• Check for cross-contamination with wheat to maintain gluten-free claims at entry