Analysis
HTS 1103.13.00 covers groats and meal: of corn (maize) under heading 1103 (cereal groats, meal and pellets). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The general rate is 0.3¢/kg, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 0.3¢/kg. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
For statistics it divides in two: 1103.13.00.20 for cornmeal and 1103.13.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311211 (Flour Milling), an industry of 333 US establishments employing 14,916 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1103.11.00 | Groats and meal: of wheat | 0.5¢/kg |
| 1103.19.12 | Of other cereals: of oats | 0.8¢/kg |
| 1103.19.14 | Of other cereals: of rice | 0.09¢/kg |
| 1103.19.90 | Of other cereals: of other cereals | 9% |
| 1103.20.00 | Cereal groats, meal and pellets: pellets | Free |