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HS heading 19.03: Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms

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Key facts

Heading
19.03
Description
Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms
Chapter
19: Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
Subheadings
1
Edition
HS2022

Summary

HS heading 19.03 covers tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms. It is in chapter 19 (preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products). It is not split further: its only subheading is 1903.00. National tariff lines under heading 19.03 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country).

What this code covers

HS heading 19.03 covers tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms.

It is not split further: its only subheading is 1903.00.

  • 1903.00Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms

What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 19 are classified in its other 4 headings, listed below.

  • 19.01Malt 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
  • 19.02Pasta, 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
  • 19.04Prepared 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
  • 19.05Bread, 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

How it is structured

Heading 19.03 is one of 5 headings in chapter 19. Its first two digits, 19, are the chapter; the next two, 03, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (1903.00).

In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 19.03 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Frequently asked questions

What does HS heading 19.03 cover?

HS heading 19.03 covers tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms.

Which chapter is HS heading 19.03 in?

HS heading 19.03 is in chapter 19 (preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products).

How many subheadings does HS heading 19.03 have?

HS heading 19.03 has one subheading, 1903.00.

Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 19.03?

National tariff lines under heading 19.03 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 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.

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