Native Wheat Starch for Food Thickening from China
Unmodified wheat starch granules used in sauces and gravies for thickening, compliant with HTS 1108.11.00.90 as 'other' wheat starch. High purity (starch >80%, ash <2.5%) and fine particle size per chapter sieve tests exclude it from flour or groat categories. Ideal for gluten-free food applications.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Provide polarimetric test reports confirming starch >80% to distinguish from 1101 wheat flour
• Ensure packaging specifies 'food-grade wheat starch' and no gluten claims without testing to prevent FDA holds
• For bulk imports, declare sieve aperture results (500μm for wheat) to affirm not meal under 1103