King Arthur Cornstarch from China
King Arthur Cornstarch is a premium food-grade maize starch used in professional baking for smooth pie fillings and custards. It qualifies for HTS 1108.12.0010 as pure corn starch for food use, meeting the sieve passage and ash limits in Chapter 11 notes. Excluded are modified or pharmaceutical starches.
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
• Document sieve test results (95% through 2mm for corn groats/meal analogy) to affirm starch purity
• Use FDA prior notice for food starch shipments to avoid detention
• Label fiber content accurately to distinguish from flours in 1102