Wheat Starch Powder for Baking from China
Pure wheat starch powder extracted from wheat grains, meeting starch content over 80% and low ash per Chapter 11 notes, used as a thickener in bakery products. Classified under 1108.11.00.90 as wheat starch not specifically for industrial uses like paper or textiles. It qualifies due to high starch purity and sieve passage standards distinguishing it from flours or meals.
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
• Verify starch content exceeds 80% via modified Ewers method and ash under 2.5% to stay in Chapter 11, providing lab certificates
• Label clearly as 'wheat starch' not 'flour' to prevent reclassification to 1101; include sieve test results if requested
• Check for additives; any minerals inflate ash content, risking shift to heading 2302—declare dry weight basis