Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products

5 headings · 19 six-digit codes · World Customs Organization Harmonized System

HS code 19 preparations of cereals cover foods made from grain, flour, starch or milk, such as pasta, corn flakes, biscuits and baby food. Use this page to see what each heading holds and which code fits your product.

Chapter 19 is a compact chapter: 19 six-digit codes across 5 headings, 1901 to 1905. 4 of those headings subdivide below four digits, so the whole chapter fits on one screen. The chapter sits in Section IV, Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, Tobacco, alongside 8 other chapters.

Headings in this chapter

1901Malt extract; flour/groats/meal/starch/malt extract products, no cocoa (or less than 40% by weight) and food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, no cocoa (or less than 5% by weight), weights calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.c.190110 to 190190e.g. 190110 — Food preparations; of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale3 codes 1902Pasta; whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substance, or otherwise prepared, egg spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared190211 to 190240e.g. 190211 — Food preparations; pasta, containing eggs, uncooked, not stuffed or otherwise prepared5 codes 1903Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch; in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar formse.g. 190300 — Food preparations; tapioca and substitutes thereof, prepared from starch in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar1 code 1904Prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products (e.g. corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (not flour and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.c.190410 to 190490e.g. 190410 — Food preparations; obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products4 codes 1905Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products190510 to 190590e.g. 190510 — Food preparations; crispbread, whether or not containing cocoa6 codes

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What HS chapter 19 includes

This chapter is for foods that have already been made or processed. Think of the cereal and bakery products on a shop shelf. It also covers pastrycooks' products, which are the cakes, pastries and wafers a baker makes.

The goods are built from cereals, flour, starch or milk. Some are ready to eat. Others, like dough mixes, need one more step in the kitchen. Raw grain and plain flour are not here, because they are not yet prepared foods.

HS code 19 preparations of cereals by heading

Each heading groups a family of products. Here is a plain label for each one. Follow the link on the heading page to see its full list of codes.

How to pick the right code in HS chapter 19

Start with the form of the product.

For pasta, check the eggs. Uncooked pasta with eggs is 190211. The same pasta without eggs is 190219. Tapioca is different.

For cereal foods, check the roasting. Foods made by swelling or roasting cereals, like corn flakes, go to 190410. Foods made from unroasted flakes go to 190420.

Cocoa also matters. If you are still unsure, try the HS code classifier.

Neighbouring chapters for sweet and edible preparations

Many bakery goods use sugar or cocoa. Sugar and sweets are in chapter 17. Cocoa and chocolate are in chapter 18. Chapter 21 holds miscellaneous edible preparations that do not fit here. Browse all chapters to compare them side by side.

HS code 19 import and export data

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Other chapters in Section IV

Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, Tobacco covers chapters 16–24.

These codes carry real shipments.

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Straight answers

HS Chapter 19: common questions

What is HS code 19?

Its goods are split into smaller groups called headings.

What is the HS code for pasta?

Stuffed pasta is 190220 and cooked pasta is 190230. Couscous has its own code, 190240.

What is the HS code for biscuits?

Sweet biscuits are 190531. Waffles and wafers are 190532.

What is the HS code for corn flakes?

Open that heading page to pick the exact six-digit code.

What does HS chapter 19 include?

It includes malt extract, infant food, doughs, pasta, couscous, tapioca, cereal flakes, bread, biscuits and wafers. Each heading holds one group of these goods.

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