3505.10.00.45/Pregelatinized Potato Starch/Japan

Pregelatinized Potato Starch from Japan

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 — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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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)