Oat Pellets for Livestock from Germany
Pelletized oat groats or meal used in horse and cattle rations, compressed for easier handling and digestion. Classified under 1103.20.00.90 as oat pellets ('other cereals'), with starch >80% and ash <4% per chapter criteria.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Test ash content post-mineral deduction; exceeding limits shifts to 2302 as cereal by-products
• Document pellet formation process to prove not a 'prepared flour' excluded under chapter note (b)
• Label clearly as 'pellets' not 'feed' to avoid CBP reclassification during entry