Quick-Cooking Tapioca Pellets
Pre-gelatinized pellets from tapioca starch for rapid thickening in gravies. HTS 1903.00.40.00 covers similar pellet forms as pearls or grains.
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This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
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Pasta-shaped starch products move to 1902.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Specify pre-gelatinization process in entry summary; shelf-life testing for FDA
Related Products under HTS 1903.00.40.00
Tapioca Pearls
Small, spherical beads made from cassava starch, dried and processed into pearls for use in bubble tea and desserts. Classified under HTS 1903.00.40.00 as tapioca substitutes prepared from starch in the form of pearls. Meets chapter notes for preparations beyond simple starch processing.
Sago Pearls
Pearls prepared from sago palm starch, serving as a direct substitute for tapioca in puddings and beverages. Falls under HTS 1903.00.40.00 as substitutes from starch in pearl form, processed beyond raw starch of chapter 11.
Tapioca Flakes
Dried flakes made from cassava starch, used in baking and as thickeners, though 'other' under this code as not distinctly flaked tapioca. Prepared beyond chapter 11 starch per chapter notes, in flake-like form.
Gluten-Free Tapioca Granules
Granular form of tapioca starch prepared for gluten-free baking and thickening sauces. HTS 1903.00.40.00 covers this grain-like preparation from starch substitutes, processed beyond raw form.
Instant Tapioca Siftings
Fine siftings or small particles from processed tapioca starch, used in instant puddings and as thickeners. Classified in HTS 1903.00.40.00 for siftings form, prepared from starch beyond chapter 11.
Cassava Pearls for Bubble Tea
Large black or white pearls from cassava tapioca starch, specifically sized for bubble tea drinks. HTS 1903.00.40.00 as pearl form tapioca preparation from starch.