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Chapter 11
Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading 09.01 or 21.01);

(b)

prepared flours, groats, meals or starches of heading 19.01;

(c)

corn flakes or other products of heading 19.04;

(d)

vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 20.01, 20.04 or 20.05;

(e)

pharmaceutical products (Chapter 30); or

(f)

starches having the character of perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33).

2.

(A)

Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall in this Chapter if they have, by mass 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 23.02. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, is always classified in heading 11.04.

(B)

Products falling in this Chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading 11.01 or 11.02 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in Column (4) or (5) is not less, by mass, than that shown against the cereal concerned.

Otherwise they fall in heading 11.03 or 11.04.

CerealStarch contentAsh contentRate of passage through a sieve with an aperture of 315 micrometers (microns)Rate of passage through a sieve with an aperture of 500 micrometers (microns)
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Wheat and rye45%2,5%80%-
Barley45%3%80%-
Oats45%5%80%-
Maize (corn) and grain sorghum45%2%-90%
Rice45%1,6%80%-
Buckwheat45%4%80%-

3.

For the purposes of heading 11.03, the terms "groats" and "meal" mean products obtained by the fragmentation of cereal grains, of which:

(a)

in the case of maize (corn) products, at least 95 per cent by mass 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 per cent by mass passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 1,25 mm.

Additional Notes

1.

For the purposes of tariff subheadings 1101.00.20 and 1101.00.30 -

(a)

Cake wheat flour and white bread wheat flour means such flours as defined in the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Regulations, published by Government Notice No. 405 of 5 May 2017, relating to the grading, packing and marking of wheat products, imported into the Republic of South Africa.

(b)

Cake wheat flour or white bread wheat flour as defined in the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Regulations, published by Government Notice No. R. 405 of 5 May 2017, must be classified in tariff subheading 1101.00.90 unless it complies with the grading, packing and marking requirements applicable in terms of those Regulations to such classes of wheat products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa.

2.

For the purposes of tariff subheading 1102.20.10, super fine maize meal as referred to in the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Regulations, published by Government Notice No. 63 of 29 January 2016, with a fineness or granulation by mass of at least 80% that shall pass through a 0.3 mm sieve.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
1101.00Wheat or meslin flour:
1101.00.30White bread wheat flour as defined in Additional Note 1(a) to Chapter 1123,05c/kg
1101.00.10Brown wheaten meal produced by the milling of whole grains (the bran, germ and endosperm) (excluding separated wheat bran, separated wheat germ or separated wheat semolina or endosperm)23,05c/kg
1101.00.20Cake wheat flour as defined in Additional Note 1(a) to Chapter 1123,05c/kg
1101.00.90Other23,05c/kg
11.02Cereal flours (excluding that of wheat or meslin):
1102.20Maize (corn) flour:
1102.20.10Super fine maize meal as defined in Additional Note 2 to Chapter 11free
1102.20.90Otherfree
1102.90.40Rice flour20%
1102.90.15Oats flour2,75c/kg
1102.90.30Sorghum flour3%
1102.90.50Rye flour1,1c/kg
1102.90Other:
1102.90.90Other0,65c/kg
11.03Cereal groats, meal and pellets:
1103.1Groats and meal:
1103.11Of wheat20%
1103.13Of maize (corn):
1103.13.10Maize meal not further processed other than by the addition of minerals and vitamins not exceeding 1 per cent by mass of the final product, solely for the purpose of increasing the nutritional value5%
1103.13.90Other5%
1103.19.20Of rice20%
1103.19Of other cereals:
1103.19.10Of oats2,75c/kg
1103.19.90Other0,65c/kg
1103.20.10Of wheat20%
1103.20Pellets:
1103.20.20Of oats, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 10 kg2,75c/kg
1103.20.90Otherfree
11.04Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled) (excluding rice of heading 10.06); germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground:
1104.1Rolled or flaked grains:
1104.12Of oats:
1104.12.10In immediate packings of content not exceeding 25 kgfree
1104.12.90Otherfree
1104.19.10Of barleyfree
1104.19Of other cereals:
1104.2Other worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled):
1104.19.90Other20%
1104.22Of oatsfree
1104.23Of maize (corn):
1104.23.10Chopped dried kernels, not further prepared or processed5%
1104.23.90Other5%
1104.29Of other cereals:
1104.29.10Of barleyfree
1104.30Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or groundfree
1104.29.90Other20%
11.05Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes:
1105.10Flour, meal and powder20%
1105.20Flakes, granules and pellets:
1105.20.10Pellets made from pieces of potatoes20%
1105.20.90Other20%
11.06Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8:
1106.10Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13:
1106.10.10Of dried beansfree
1106.10.90Otherfree
1106.20Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14free
1106.30.10Imported from Switzerland20%
1106.30Of the products of Chapter 8:
1106.30.90Other20%
11.07Malt, whether or not roasted:
1107.10Not roasted:
1107.10.20Of barleyfree
1107.10.25Of oats2,75c/kg
1107.10.10Of wheatfree
1107.10.50Of sorghum3%
1107.10.90Other0,85c/kg
1107.20.25Of oats2,75c/kg
1107.20Roasted:
1107.20.10Of wheatfree
1107.20.20Of barleyfree
1107.20.90Other0,85c/kg
11.08Starches; inulin:
1108.1Starches:
1108.11.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.11Wheat starch:
1108.12Maize (corn) starch:
1108.12.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.11.90Other10%
1108.13Potato starch:
1108.13.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.12.90Other10%
1108.14Manioc (cassava) starch:
1108.13.90Other10%
1108.14.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.14.90Other10%
1108.19Other starches:
1108.19.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.19.90Other10%
1108.20Inulin20%
1109.00Wheat gluten, whether or not driedfree

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