Appendix II — Preferential import tariff

Attached to Decree No. 26/2023/ND-CP

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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 09.01 or 21.01);

(b) Prepared flours, groats, meal or starches of heading 19.01;

(c) Corn flakes and other products of heading 19.04;

(d) Vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 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) The 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:

(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).

Products not meeting these requirements fall in heading 23.02. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, is always classified in heading 11.04.

(B) Products of this Chapter falling within the above provisions are to be classified in heading 11.01 or 11.02 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in Column (4) or (5) is not less than that stated for the cereal concerned, by weight.

Otherwise, they are to be classified in heading 11.03 or 11.04.

CerealsStarch contentAsh contentRate of passage through a sieve of aperture size
315 micrometres (microns)500 micrometres (microns)
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Wheat and rye45%2.5%80%-
Barley45%3%80%-
Oats45%5%80%-
Maize and grain sorghum45%2%-90%
Rice45%1.6%80%-
Buckwheat45%4%80%-

3. For the purposes of heading 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 2 mm;

(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 1.25 mm.

Chapter 11 — Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

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Commodity codeDescription of goodsDuty rate (%)
11.01Wheat or meslin flour
- Wheat flour:
1101.00.11- - Fortified15
1101.00.19- - Other15
1101.00.20- Meslin flour15
11.02Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin
1102.20.00- Maize (corn) flour15
1102.90- Other:
1102.90.10- - Rice flour15
1102.90.20- - Rye flour15
1102.90.90- - Other15
11.03Cereal groats, meal and pellets
- Groats and meal:
1103.11.00- - Of wheat20
1103.13.00- - Of maize (corn)10
1103.19- - Of other cereals:
1103.19.10- - - Of meslin20
1103.19.20- - - Of rice20
1103.19.90- - - Other20
1103.20.00- Pellets20
11.04Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled), except rice of heading 10.06; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
- Rolled or flaked grains:
1104.12.00- - Of oats15
1104.19- - Of other cereals:
1104.19.10- - - Of maize (corn)5
1104.19.90- - - Other5
- Other worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled):
1104.22.00- - Of oats15
1104.23.00- - Of maize (corn)5
1104.29- - Of other cereals:
1104.29.20- - - Of barley15
1104.29.90- - - Other5
1104.30.00- Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground15
11.05Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes
1105.10.00- Flour, meal and powder30
1105.20.00- Flakes, granules and pellets30
11.06Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8
1106.10.00- Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.1330
1106.20- Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14:
1106.20.10- - Of manioc (cassava)30
1106.20.20- - Of sago30
1106.20.90- - Other30
1106.30.00- Of the products of Chapter 830
11.07Malt, whether or not roasted
1107.10.00- Not roasted5
1107.20.00- Roasted5
11.08Starches; inulin
- Starches:
1108.11.00- - Wheat starch15
1108.12.00- - Maize (corn) starch15
1108.13.00- - Potato starch20
1108.14.00- - Manioc (cassava) starch20
1108.19- - Other starches:
1108.19.10- - - Sago20
1108.19.90- - - Other20
1108.20.00- Inulin20
1109.00.00Wheat gluten, whether or not dried10

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