Chapter 19
HTS Chapter 19
4 headings · 11 tariff lines · 5 duty-free lines · ad valorem rates from 1.1% to 14%
Headings in chapter 19
| Heading | Description | Lines | Free | Rate range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 6.4–6.4% |
| 1902 | Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagna, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | 4 | 2 | 6.4–6.4% |
| 1904 | Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, cornflakes); cereals (other than corn (maize)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included | 2 | 0 | 1.1–14% |
| 1905 | Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty capsules of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products | 4 | 3 | 4.5–4.5% |
How to read chapter 19
Chapter 19 is part of the international Harmonized System, not a US invention — the chapter and heading boundaries are shared with every country that uses HS 2022. The 11 tariff lines below them are where countries diverge: national suffixes, rate levels and quota notes are set locally.
5 of the 11 lines in this chapter carry a general rate of Free. That is a statement about the general column only — Section 301, AD/CVD and quota measures are applied on top and are not reflected here.