VEGETABLE PRODUCT

 
Chapter 11
Products of the milling industry;malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
Notes.
1. -This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading No.09.01 or 21.01);
(b) Prepared flours, meals or starches of heading No.19.01;
(c) Corn flakes or other products of heading No.19.04;
(d) Vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading No.20.01,20.04 or 20.05;
(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 in this Chapter if they have, by weight on the dry product (However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground is always classified in heading No.11.04)
(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 No.23.02
(B) Products falling in this Chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading No.11.01 or 11.02 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire clothe 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 No.11.03 or 11.04

 

Cereal                                                                        (1)

Starch content (2) Ash content (3) Rate of passage throught a sieve with an aperture of 
315 micrometres (microns) (4) 500 micrometres (microns) (5)
Wheat and rye 45% 2.5% 80% -
Barley 45% 3% 80% -
Oats 45% 5% 80% -
Maize (corn) and grain Sorghum 45% 2% - 90%
Rice 45% 1.6% 80% -
Buckwheat 45% 4% 80% -

 

3. -For the purposes of heading No.11.03, the terms "groats" and "meal" mean products obtained by the fragmentation of cereal grains, of which:
(a) in the case of maize (corn) products, at least 95% by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2mm.
(b) in the case of other cereal products, at least 95% by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 1.25mm.
Tariff No. Base Rate (%) Import Duty Rate (%) Article Description
M.F.N. Gen. M.F.N. Gen.
11.01         Wheat or maslin flour:
1101.0000 100 130 *91.2 130 Wheat or maslin flour
11.02         Cereal flours other than of wheat or maslin:
1102.1000 9 14 6.6 14 -Rye flour
1102.2000 100 130 *91.2 130 -Maize (corn)flour
1102.3000 100 130 *91.2 130 -Rice flour 
1102.9000 9 14 6.6 14 -Other
11.03         Cereal groats, meal an pellets:
          -Groats and meal:
1103.1100 100 130 *91.2 130 --Of wheat
1103.1200 9 14 6.6 14 --Of oats 
1103.1300 100 130 *91.2 130 --Of maize (corn)
1103.1400 40 70 *40 70 --Of rice
1103.1900 9 14 6.6 14 --Of other cereals
          -Pellets:
1103.2100 150 180 *114 180 --Of wheat
1103.2900 40 50 28 50 --Of other cereals
11.04         Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled), except rice o fheading No.10.06; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground:
         
         
         
         
          -Rolled or flaked grains:
1104.1100 150 180 *114 180 --Of barley
1104.1200 40 50 28 50 --Of oats 
1104.1900 40 50 28 50 --Of other cereals
          -Other worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled):
         
1104.2100 150 180 *114 180 --Of barley
1104.2200 40 50 28 50 --Of oats 
1104.2300 150 180 *114 180 --Of maize (corn)
1104.2900 40 50 28 50 --Of other cereals
1104.3000 40 50 28 50 -Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
11.05         Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes:
         
1105.1000 40 50 27 50 -Flour, meal and powder
1105.2000 40 50 27 50 -Flakes, granules and pellets
11.06         Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading No.07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading No.07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8:
         
         
         
1106.1000 20 30 14 30 -Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading No.07.13
         
1106.2000 40 50 28 50 -Of sago or of roots or tuber of heading No.07.14
1106.3000 60 80 28 80 -Of the products of Chapter 8
11.07         Malt, whether or not roasted:
1107.1000 40 50 26 50 -Not roasted
1107.2000 40 50 26 50 -Roasted
11.08         Starches; inulin:
          -Starches:
1108.1100 40 50 20 50 --Wheat starch
1108.1200 40 50 20 50 --Maize (corn) starch
1108.1300 40 50 20 50 --Potato starch
1108.1400 40 50 20 50 --Manioc (cassava) starch
1108.1900 40 50 20 50 --Other starces
1108.2000 40 50 28 50 --Inulin
11.09         Wheat gluten, whether or not dried:
1109.0000 60 80 28 80 Wheat gluten, whether or not dried

 

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Chapter 6:Live trees and other plants ;bulbs ,roots and the like ;cut flowers and ornamental foliage.

Chapter 7:Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers.

Chapter 8:Edible fruit and nuts ;peel of citrus fruit or melons.  Chapter 9:Coffee ,tea ,mate ,and spices.

Chapter 10:Cereals.   Chapter  11:Products of the milling industry ;malt ;starches ;inulin ;wheat gluten.

Chapter  12: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits ; miscellaneous grains , seeds and fruit ; industrial or

medicinal plants ;straw and fodder.