Steel Cut Oats
Steel cut oats are whole oat groats chopped into smaller pieces with steel blades, offering a chewy texture for porridge. Classified in HTS 1104.22.00.00 as sliced or kibbled oats, they meet 'other worked grains' criteria without fine milling that would qualify as meal under heading 1103.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If further fragmented to pass 1.25mm sieve
Exceeding groats/meal sieve threshold (95% passage) moves from worked grains to heading 1103 per legal definition.
If dried but not mechanically worked
Dried oats without hulling, rolling, or slicing remain as unprepared grains in Chapter 07.
If predominantly oat germ separated
Isolated germ components, even rolled, classify under specific germ provisions regardless of processing.
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Related Products under HTS 1104.22.00.00
Rolled Oats
Rolled oats are oat grains that have been steamed and flattened between rollers, creating a quick-cooking product used in oatmeal and baking. They fall under HTS 1104.22.00.00 as 'other worked grains of oats' since they are rolled cereal grains, distinct from fine meals or flours in heading 1103. This classification applies to whole, rolled oat kernels retaining their grain structure.
Quick Oats Flakes
Quick oats are rolled oats cut into smaller flakes for faster cooking, popular in instant oatmeal packets. HTS 1104.22.00.00 covers these flaked oats as 'other worked grains,' excluding finely ground products or those failing Chapter 11 starch/ash tests.
Hulled Oat Groats
Hulled oat groats are whole oat kernels with the outer hull removed, retaining the bran and germ for whole-grain nutrition. They classify under HTS 1104.22.00.00 as hulled 'other worked grains of oats,' before further rolling or milling into finer products.
Scottish Oats Pinhead
Pinhead oats, or Scottish oats, are coarsely stone-ground oat groats retaining a pinhead-like texture for traditional porridge. HTS 1104.22.00.00 includes these kibbled oats as worked grains, provided they don't meet the fine sieve passage for heading 1103 meals.
Flaked Oat Groats
Flaked oat groats are hulled oats steamed and rolled into irregular flakes, used in granola and health bars. This product fits HTS 1104.22.00.00 for flaked 'other worked grains of oats,' distinct from retail-packaged prepared cereals.
Kibbled Oats
Kibbled oats are oat grains crushed into small, irregular pieces without fine grinding, used in animal feed and baking. HTS 1104.22.00.00 designates these as kibbled 'other worked grains of oats,' excluding rice and fine meals.