CHAPTER 11 · LEGAL NOTES
Chapter 11
The 43 legal notes below govern classification under Chapter 11. They are part of the official Harmonized Tariff Schedule and are cited verbatim in CBP rulings.
As of June 9, 2026
Chapter notes
Note 1
Chapter Note 1: This chapter does not cover: (a) Roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading 0901 or 2101); (b) Prepared flours, groats, meals or starches of heading 1901; (c) Corn flakes or other products of heading 1904; (d) Vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 2001, 2004 or 2005; (e) Pharmaceutical products (chapter 30); or (f) Starches having the character of perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (chapter 33).
Note 2
Chapter Note 2: (A) Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall within 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). Otherwise, they fall in heading 2302. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground is always classified in heading
Note 3
Chapter Note 3: For the purposes of heading 1103 the terms "groats" and "meal" mean products obtained by the fragmentation of cereal grains, of which -- (a) In the case of corn (maize) products, at least 95 percent 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 percent by weight passes through a woven metal wirecloth sieve with an aperture of 1.25 mm.
Additional U.S. notes
Note 0
Additional U.S. Note 0: 7¢/kg1/ Other: 1102 Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin:
Note 1
Additional U.S. Note 1: Notwithstanding the rates of duty set forth in this subchapter, mixtures of the products classifiable in headings 1101, 1102, 1103 or 1104 (except mixtures classifiable in subheading 1102.90.30) are dutiable as follows: Unit Rates of Duty of Quantity Article Description Stat. Suffix Heading/ Subheading 1 2 General Special
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