What HS code 1904.20 covers
HS code 1904.20 classifies food preparations; obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals. It is a subheading of heading 1904 (Prepared 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.), in chapter 19 (Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products), section IV of the Harmonized System. These six digits are identical in every country that uses the HS.
Classification path
Import duty for 1904.20
Base MFN rate only. Section 301 and 2025 IEEPA tariffs can stack on top for goods from China.
Source: HTSUS / CBP
Erga-omnes (third-country) MFN rate. Import VAT of 17 to 27 percent by country, and any anti-dumping measures, apply separately.
Source: TARIC
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Related codes in heading 1904
Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 1904.20.
- 1904.10 Food preparations; obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products
- 1904.30 Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (e.g. corn flakes); cereals, not maize (corn), in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains, from bulgur wheat
- 1904.90 Food preparations; cereal or cereal products (excluding maize), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared
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