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    1901.90.91

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    This code covers preparations of cereals, flour, starch, or malt extract, excluding those with significant cocoa content, and is used for classifying items like blended milk powders and specialized cereal mixes. Duty rates are generally 6.4% for standard trade partners, but may be free for goods from countries with preferential trade agreements, as detailed within Chapter 19.

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    Detailed information for HTS Code 1901.90.91

    This tariff code falls within Chapter 19, which covers preparations of cereals, flour, starch, or milk. Specifically, 1901.90.91 covers other food preparations of these ingredients not containing cocoa or with less than 5% cocoa, not elsewhere specified. This code includes subdivisions for specific blends like corn-soya milk (1901.90.91.82), wheat-flour-soya blends (1901.90.91.85), and an “other” category (1901.90.91.95) for any remaining preparations; choose the appropriate suffix based on the specific product composition. Statistical reporting requires quantities to be reported in kilograms.

    ChapterChapter 19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares
    SectionSection IV - Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes

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    General Duty

    6.40%

    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 general duty rate for HTS code 1901.90.91 is 6.40% applied to imported goods reported in kilograms (kg). However, several countries (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) may qualify for a duty-free (0%) rate under specific Free Trade Agreements or preference programs. This special rate applies to all subdivisions including 1901.90.91.82 (Corn-soya milk blends), 1901.90.91.85 (Wheat-flour-soya blends), and 1901.90.91.95 (Other), provided the goods meet the rules of origin and other requirements of the applicable FTA or program. No other special rates or conditions are specified.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): 20%

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    Code subdivisions

    1901.90.91.82

    Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 percent by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 percent by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other > Corn-soya milk blends

    1901.90.91.85

    Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 percent by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 percent by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other > Wheat-flour-soya blends

    1901.90.91.95

    Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 percent by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 percent by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other: > Other > Other

    Chapter & section notes

    Chapter notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 19 PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; BAKERS' WARES IV 19-1 Notes 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Except in the case of stuffed products of heading 1902, food preparations containing more than 20 percent by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (chapter 16); (b) Biscuits or other articles made from flour or from starch, specially prepared for use in animal feeding (heading 2309); or (c) Medicaments or other products of chapter 30. 2. For the purposes of heading 1901: (a) The term "groats" means cereal groats of chapter 11; (b) The terms "flour" and "meal" mean : (1) Cereal flour and meal of chapter 11, and (2) Flour, meal and powder of vegetable origin of any chapter, other than flour, meal or powder of dried vegetables (heading 0712), of potatoes (heading 1105) or of dried leguminous vegetables (heading 1106). 3. Heading 1904 does not cover preparations containing more than 6 percent by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis or completely coated with chocolate or other food preparations containing cocoa of heading 1806 (heading 1806). 4. For the purposes of heading 1904 the expression "otherwise prepared" means prepared or processed to an extent beyond that provided for in the headings of or notes to chapter 10 or 11. Additional U.S. Notes 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "mixes and doughs described in additional U.S. note 1 to chapter 19" means articles containing over 10 percent by dry weight of sugars derived from sugar cane or sugar beets, whether or not mixed with other ingredients (except (a) articles not principally of crystalline structure or not in dry amorphous form, the foregoing that are prepared for marketing to the ultimate consumer in the identical form and package in which imported, (b) blended syrups containing sugars derived from sugar cane or sugar beets, capable of being further processed or mixed with similar or other ingredients, and not prepared for marketing to the ultimate consumer in the identical form and package in which imported, or (c) articles containing over 65 percent by dry weight of sugars derived from sugar cane or sugar beets, whether or not mixed with other ingredients, capable of being further processed or mixed with similar or other ingredients, and not prepared for marketing to the ultimate consumer in the identical form and package in which imported). 2. The aggregate quantity of infant formula containing oligosaccharides, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the foregoing goods entered under subheadings 1901.10.11 and 1901.10.33 in any calendar year shall not exceed 100 metric tons (articles the product of Mexico shall not be permitted or included under the aforementioned quantitative limitation and no such articles shall be classifiable therein). 3. The aggregate quantity of mixes and doughs described in additional U.S. note 1 to chapter 19, the foregoing goods entered under subheadings 1901.20.30 and 1901.20.65 during the 12-month period from October 1 in any year to the following September 30, inclusive, shall not exceed 5,398 metric tons (articles the product of Mexico shall not be permitted or included under this quantitative limitation and no such articles shall be classifiable therein). Statistical Note 1. The unit of quantity "kg cmsc" (kilograms cows’ milk solids content) includes all cows’ milk components other than water. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes IV 19-2

    Section notes

    SECTION IV PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR;TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY IV-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. Additional U.S. Notes 1. In this section the term "canned" means preserved in airtight containers by heat processing to destroy or inactivate micro-organisms and enzymes that otherwise could cause spoilage. 2. For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires-- (a) the term "percent by dry weight" means the sugar content as a percentage of the total solids in the product; (b) The term "capable of being further processed or mixed with similar or other ingredients" means that the imported product is in such condition or container as to be subject to any additional preparation, treatment or manufacture or to be blended or combined with any additional ingredient, including water or any other liquid, other than processing or mixing with other ingredients performed by the ultimate consumer prior to consumption of the product; (c) the term "prepared for marketing to the ultimate consumer in the identical form and package in which imported" means that the product is imported in packaging of such sizes and labeling as to be readily identifiable as being intended for retail sale to the ultimate consumer without any alteration in the form of the product or its packaging; and (d) the term "ultimate consumer" does not include institutions such as hospitals, prisons and military establishments or food service establishments such as restaurants, hotels, bars or bakeries. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes IV-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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