Pregelatinized Potato Starch from China
Pregelatinized starch from potatoes, modified by heat and moisture for instant thickening without cooking, used in food and pharma. Falls under HTS 3505.10.0045 as a modified potato starch (not a high-sugar dextrin). Excludes printing gelatins or chapter 30 medicaments per chapter notes.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Submit processing method details (e.g
• pregelatinization specs) and potato origin certificates for CBP review
• Test for dextrin-like properties but confirm not hardened proteins (3913) or enzymatic (3202/34)