Section II · Vegetable products
Chapter 11: Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
Chapter 11 of the Harmonized System has 9 four-digit headings, from 11.01 to 11.09. Each heading is split further into six-digit subheadings, then into national 8- and 10-digit commodity codes.
Headings in chapter 11
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| 11.01 | Wheat or meslin flour |
| 11.02 | Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin |
| 11.03 | Cereal groats, meal and pellets |
| 11.04 | Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled), except rice of heading 1006; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground |
| 11.05 | Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes |
| 11.06 | Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 0714 or of the products of chapter 8 |
| 11.07 | Malt, whether or not roasted |
| 11.08 | Starches; inulin |
| 11.09 | Wheat gluten, whether or not dried |
Classifying goods in chapter 11
Start with the chapter and section notes: they are legally binding and often decide what is included or excluded. Then choose the heading whose wording best describes your product (GRI 1), and work down to the six-digit subheading before choosing the national commodity code.
The six-digit code is shared internationally. The UK and EU add digits for their own tariffs and statistics, and the US uses its own 10-digit HTS lines, so always confirm the final code in the tariff of the country you are importing into.
Official sources
Check chapter 11 in the UK Trade Tariff, the EU TARIC and the US HTS.