# HS chapter 19: Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products > HS chapter 19 covers preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products. It has 5 headings, 19.01 to 19.05, and 19 six-digit subheadings in HS2022. National tariff lines under chapter 19 are live on border.bot for the United States (111 lines, also used by 1 other country). Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/19 Last updated: 11 October 2026 [HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 19](https://border.bot/hs-codes/19) ## Key facts - Chapter: 19 - Description: Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products - Headings: 5 - Subheadings: 19 - Edition: HS2022 ## What this chapter covers HS chapter 19 covers preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products. It has 5 headings, 19.01 to 19.05, and 19 six-digit subheadings in HS2022. ### [19.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1901) Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included - [1901.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190110) Preparations suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale - [1901.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190120) Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 19.05 - [1901.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190190) Other ### [19.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1902) Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared - [1902.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190211) Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared: Containing eggs - [1902.19](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190219) Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared: Other - [1902.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190220) Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared - [1902.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190230) Other pasta - [1902.40](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190240) Couscous ### [19.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1903) Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms - [1903.00](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190300) Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms ### [19.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1904) Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) 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 - [1904.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190410) Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products - [1904.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190420) Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals - [1904.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190430) Bulgur wheat - [1904.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190490) Other ### [19.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1905) Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products - [1905.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190510) Crispbread - [1905.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190520) Gingerbread and the like - [1905.31](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190531) Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers: Sweet biscuits - [1905.32](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190532) Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers: Waffles and wafers - [1905.40](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190540) Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products - [1905.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/190590) Other ## What it doesn’t cover Chapter 18, before it, covers cocoa and cocoa preparations; chapter 20, after it, covers preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants. ## How it is structured Chapter 19 is the first level of the Harmonized System. Its headings add two digits to the chapter number (19.01), and each heading's subheadings add two more. ## In other countries National tariff lines under chapter 19 are live on border.bot for the United States (111 lines, also used by 1 other country). - [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/19): 111 lines, used by 1 other country - Previous chapter: [18](https://border.bot/hs-codes/18) Cocoa and cocoa preparations - Next chapter: [20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/20) Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants ## Frequently asked questions ### What does HS chapter 19 cover? HS chapter 19 covers preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products. ### How many headings and subheadings are in HS chapter 19? HS chapter 19 has 5 headings and 19 six-digit subheadings in HS2022. ### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines in HS chapter 19? National tariff lines under chapter 19 are live on border.bot for the United States (111 lines, also used by 1 other country). ## Sources and updates The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026. This page was last updated on 11 October 2026. Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling. Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/19.json