/Chapter 19

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

Section IV — Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco

5 headings · 35 total HS codes

Classification Notes for Chapter 19

Notes 1. This Chapter does not cover: 2. For the purposes of 1901: 3. 1904 does not cover preparations containing more than 6% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis or completely coated with chocolate or other food preparations containing cocoa of (1806). 4. For the purposes of 1904, "otherwise prepared" means prepared or processed to an extent beyond that provided for in the headings of or Notes to Chapter 10 or 11. Additional Note 1. For the purposes of 1902, "pasta" includes kneaded noodle dough formed into sheets or other specific shapes (for example, rice noodles, wonton skins, Udon noodles and buckwheat noodles), whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise prepared.

Heading	Description	General Rate	Sub-codes	FTAs
1901	Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included	5%	3	14 FTAs
1902	Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared	0%	9	15 FTAs
1903	Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms	0%	1	14 FTAs
1904	Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included	5%	6	17 FTAs
1905	Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products	0%	12	16 FTAs

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What is the import duty on preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products in Australia?

Chapter 19 of the Australian Tariff covers preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products. Duty rates vary by product — there are 5 headings in this chapter. Use the table below to find specific rates, or try our free calculator for an instant estimate.

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