Arrowroot Starch Flour
Fine arrowroot starch from Maranta arundinacea tubers, ideal for sensitive stomachs in sauces. HTS 1108.19.00.90 covers this non-cereal starch, meeting dry product starch and ash criteria without being roasted malt or prepared flour.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If predominantly wheat-based blend
Wheat starch has its own heading 1108.11; material composition determines primary classification.
If perfumed for mixtures in food scents
Starches with perfumery character are excluded to chapter 33.
If coarse milled from cereal exceeding sieve limits
Failing fine sieve passage per note (B) moves to 1102 as coarse cereal flours.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Test for 95% passage through 1.25mm sieve if fragmented to align with groats/meal definitions, though not required for starches
• Document botanical source to avoid confusion with corn starch mimics in labeling disputes
Related Products under HTS 1108.19.00.90
Potato Starch Powder
Pure potato starch extracted from potatoes, used as a thickener in cooking and baking. It falls under HTS 1108.19.00.90 as a starch from potatoes, not wheat, corn, rice, or potato starch specifically provided for elsewhere in 1108. It meets chapter starch content requirements and is not a pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparation.
Sago Starch Powder
Starch extracted from sago palm pith, used in puddings and gluten-free products. Falls under 1108.19.00.90 as other starches, distinct from cereal milling products and meeting chapter purity standards.
Amaranth Starch
Gluten-free starch from amaranth pseudo-cereal grains, used in health foods. HTS 1108.19.00.90 as other starches, compliant with fragmentation sieve if applicable, not excluded preparations.
Sorghum Starch Extract
Starch isolated from grain sorghum, for brewing adjuncts. Other starches under 1108.19.00.90, exceeding sorghum starch threshold in chapter table but not coarse per sieve.
Quinoa Starch Powder
Premium starch from quinoa seeds, for superfood applications. 1108.19.00.90 as non-traditional cereal starch.
Millet Starch
Starch from proso millet grains, gluten-free alternative.