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    1108.13.00

    Potato starch

    HTS code 1108.13.00 covers potato starch, a product of the milling industry. This code should be used when importing potato starch, with a general duty of 0.56¢/kg or potentially free duty depending on the country of origin and any applicable trade agreements, as detailed in the chapter notes.

    Potato starch

    Detailed information for HTS Code 1108.13.00

    This duty applies to products within Chapter 11, covering milling products, starches, and inulin. Specifically, code 1108.13.00 concerns potato starch, a starch derived from potatoes. This code has two subdivisions: 1108.13.00.10 for potato starch intended for human consumption, and 1108.13.00.90 for all other potato starch uses; choose the suffix based on the final intended use of the product. Duty rates are generally 0.56¢/kg, but may be free for goods originating from certain countries with which the U.S. has free trade agreements.

    ChapterChapter 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
    SectionSection II - Vegetable Products

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    General Duty

    0.56¢/kg

    Standard trade partners (NTR)

    Special Duty

    Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)

    Eligible FTA or preference programs

    The duty for potato starch (HTS code 1108.13.00) is generally 0.56¢/kg, reported in kilograms. Special rates of duty are Free for imports originating from Australia, Chile, European Union, Israel, Peru, Panama, Philippines, and Singapore, provided they qualify under eligible FTA or preference programs. This special rate applies to both subdivisions: 1108.13.00.10 (For human consumption) and 1108.13.00.90 (Other). Additional U.S. Notes specify that mixtures of products under headings 1101-1104 are dutiable at 12.8% (general) or Free (special - AU, CL, E, IL, P, SG), or 20% depending on the mixture.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): 5.5¢/kg

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    Code subdivisions

    1108.13.00.10

    Starches; inulin: > Starches: > Potato starch > For human consumption

    1108.13.00.90

    Starches; inulin: > Starches: > Potato starch > Other

    Chapter & section notes

    Chapter notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 11 PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN;WHEAT GLUTEN II 11-1 Notes 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading 0901 or 2101); (b) Prepared flours, groats, meals or starches of heading 1901; (c) Corn flakes or other products of heading 1904; (d) Vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 2001, 2004 or 2005; (e) Pharmaceutical products (chapter 30); or (f) Starches having the character of perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (chapter 33). 2. (A) Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall within this chapter if they have, by weight on the dry product: (a) A starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method) exceeding that indicated in column (2); and (b) An ash content (after deduction of any added minerals) not exceeding that indicated in column (3). Otherwise, they fall in heading 2302. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground is always classified in heading 1104. (B) Products falling within this chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading 1101 or 1102 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in column (4) or (5) is not less, by weight, than that shown against the cereal concerned. Otherwise, they fall in heading 1103 or 1104. Cereal Starch content Ash content Rate of passage through a sieve with an aperture of-- 315 micrometers 500 micrometers (1) (2) (3) (microns) (microns) (4) (5) Percent Percent Percent Percent Wheat and rye ........ 45 2.5 80 - Barley ..................... 45 3 80 - Oats ....................... 45 5 80 - Corn (maize) and grain sorghum ...... 45 2 - 90 Rice ........................ 45 1.6 80 - Buckwheat ............. 45 4 80 - 3. For the purposes of heading 1103 the terms "groats" and "meal" mean products obtained by the fragmentation of cereal grains, of which -- (a) In the case of corn (maize) products, at least 95 percent by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2 mm; (b) In the case of other cereal products, at least 95 percent by weight passes through a woven metal wirecloth sieve with an aperture of 1.25 mm. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II 11-2 Additional U.S. Note 1. Notwithstanding the rates of duty set forth in this subchapter, mixtures of the products classifiable in headings 1101, 1102, 1103 or 1104 (except mixtures classifiable in subheading 1102.90.30) are dutiable as follows: column 1 (general)- 12.8% column 1 (special)- Free (AU,CL,E,IL,P,SG) column 2- 20% Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II 11-3

    Section notes

    SECTION II VEGETABLE PRODUCTS II-1 Note 1. In this section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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