1108.19
Other starches
Starches; inulin > Starches
Where this code sits
- Section II · Chapter11 — PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTENVEGETABLE PRODUCTS
- Heading1108 — Starches; inulin
- Subheading1108.19 — Other starches
Six digits is as far as the international nomenclature goes, and it is the same six digits in every country that applies the Harmonized System. Your destination adds further digits of its own, and the rate lives on that national line — which is why the US lines below run to eight and ten digits, and why the lookups go to each authority's own tariff.
Duty rate
USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Revision 18 (2026) · retrieved 13/09/2026
Measures in force on top of this rate
- Antidumping/countervailing duties not checked — they are administered separately, keyed to the exporter, and can exceed the tariff rate. Check for an order in force before relying on this total.
Paste 1108.19 into the lookup and follow it down to your national line.
US national lines under 1108.19
The United States subdivides this subheading into 3 lines. They share a duty rate, so the classification below the subheading affects reporting rather than the amount.
| Line | Description | General | Preferential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1108.19.00 | Other starches | Free | — |
| 1108.19.00.10 | Cereal starches for non-food use | Free stated on 11081900 | — |
| 1108.19.00.90 | Other | Free stated on 11081900 | — |
A blank General cell means the line states no rate of its own and takes the one above it — the line it is stated on is named, so the figure can be checked where it actually appears. Preferential rates are listed with the programme codes that grant them; the schedule offering a rate is not the same as your goods qualifying for it.
Preferential rates for 1108.19
No preference programme applies to these lines for any origin — the general rate is the rate, wherever the goods come from. That is worth knowing: there is nothing to claim here, so no certificate of origin will reduce the duty.
What chapter 11 excludes
A subheading's wording does not decide a classification — the legal notes do. These are the notes that push goods out of this chapter even when the description seems to fit.
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).
Legal notes that govern this code
Reproduced from the published tariff schedule. Section and chapter notes are binding and are part of the nomenclature itself; statistical notes are US reporting rules and are not classification law.
Section II notes VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
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.
Chapter 11 — Notes
Legal Notes of the Harmonized System. Binding, and part of the international nomenclature.
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.
Chapter 11 — Additional U.S. Notes
Additional U.S. Notes. Binding in the United States; not part of the international HS.
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%
Notes are reproduced from the published tariff schedule. They govern classification, but reading them is not the same as applying them to your goods — that is what a broker or a binding ruling is for.
Other subheadings under 1108
Elsewhere in chapter 11
Importing 1108.19 into
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Common questions
What is HS code 1108.19?
1108.19 covers Other starches. It sits under heading 1108 (Starches; inulin) in chapter 11, products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten.
What is the US duty rate for 1108.19?
The Column 1 General rate is Free, from US national line 1108.19.00. That is the rate before any preference you can claim, and it does not include antidumping or countervailing duties, which are administered separately and can exceed it.
What is excluded from chapter 11?
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;