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.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If rice flour passing 315 micron at 80%
Finer rice products per note (B) classify as rice flour in 1102, not pellets.
If unfragmented semi-milled rice
Intact or minimally processed rice stays in Chapter 10, fragmentation required for 1103.
If rice bran with excess ash
High ash rice by-products shift to 2302 bran/pollard category.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Rice has lowest ash threshold (1.6%)—precise testing essential to stay in Chapter 11
• Distinguish from rice flour (1102.30) via 95% 1.25mm sieve passage proof
• Avoid packing as retail 'rice puffs' which may fall to excluded 1904
Related Products 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.
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.