Buckwheat Pellets for Gluten-Free Baking from Japan
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 — 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
• 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