Starch; n.e.c. in item no. 1108.11 to 1108.14

HS code 110819 covers a range of starches that are not classified under the more specific codes 1108.11 to 1108.14. These starches are widely used as thickening agents, binders, and texturizers in a variety of food, pharmaceutical, and industrial applications. The starch industry is a crucial component of the broader agricultural and food processing sectors, providing essential ingredients for numerous consumer and commercial products.

Starches classified under HS code 110819 are typically extracted from various plant sources, such as tubers, roots, and cereal grains. The production process generally involves cleaning, grinding, and extracting the starch from the raw materials. Depending on the specific type of starch, additional steps like purification, modification, or drying may be required to achieve the desired properties and characteristics.

The main inputs for the production of starches under HS code 110819 include various plant-based raw materials, such as 1005 (Maize (corn)), 1006 Rice, 1201 Soybeans, 0714 Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, and other starch-rich crops. Additionally, the industry requires specialized processing equipment, energy sources, and water for the extraction and refinement of the starches.

Starches classified under HS code 110819 are used as ingredients in a wide range of products, including 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 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included, 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, 3505 (Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinized or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches), and various industrial applications.