Heading · Section II
1101: Wheat or meslin flour
- —UK
- —EU
- 114%Türkiye
- —USA
- US$5.9bnWorld trade in 2024
Heading 1101 has no further six-digit division: the whole heading is subheading 1101.00, in chapter 11 (products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten).
In the UK Global Tariff all 3 lines under heading 1101 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature all 3 lines under heading 1101 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, heading 1101 covers 3 tariff lines and the statutory rate is 114%.
In the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States the line under heading 1101 carries a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
World trade in heading 1101 goods reached US$5.9bn in 2024, down 13.9% on 2023.
Türkiye was the largest exporter with 19.6% of the total, ahead of Germany.
Afghanistan imported the most (US$640.5m).
The United Kingdom ranked 12th among 167 exporters with US$126.6m.
The United Kingdom imported US$60.9m.
Duty rates compared
The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.
Subheadings 1
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$3mUS$3m+US$21.5m+US$81.4m+> US$321.8m
Exports: 167
- Türkiye: US$1.2bn
- Germany: US$521.1m
- Kazakhstan: US$507.5m
- Egypt: US$460.9m
- Uzbekistan: US$321.8m
- Italy: US$306.4m
- Canada: US$186.5m
- Argentina: US$172.1m
- Belgium: US$152.3m
- United States: US$148.4m
- France: US$135.7m
- United Kingdom: US$126.6m
- Japan: US$101.4m
- Vietnam: US$98.4m
- India: US$90.1m
- Netherlands: US$81.4m
- Russia: US$80.1m
- Spain: US$65.6m
- China: US$65.3m
- Hungary: US$62.9m
- Serbia: US$59.4m
- Poland: US$53.2m
- Austria: US$52.5m
- United Arab Emirates: US$50m
- Dominican Republic: US$45.5m
- Kuwait: US$41.2m
- Mexico: US$40.9m
- Singapore: US$36.9m
- Slovakia: US$35.3m
- Uganda: US$34.9m
- Bulgaria: US$34.2m
- Malaysia: US$33.1m
- Portugal: US$29.6m
- South Africa: US$26m
- Luxembourg: US$22.9m
- Czechia: US$22.9m
- Indonesia: US$22.6m
- Tanzania: US$22.5m
- Ukraine: US$21.5m
- Sri Lanka: US$21.5m
- South Korea: US$21.3m
- Fiji: US$19.5m
- El Salvador: US$19.1m
- Taiwan: US$18.1m
- Algeria: US$17.8m
- Australia: US$16.7m
- Lesotho: US$15.5m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$15.4m
- Thailand: US$15.2m
- Kenya: US$13.9m
- Greece: US$13.6m
- Honduras: US$13m
- Switzerland: US$10.5m
- Latvia: US$9.9m
- Slovenia: US$7.8m
- Moldova: US$7.7m
- Lithuania: US$7.4m
- Denmark: US$7.1m
- Mauritius: US$6.6m
- Croatia: US$6.4m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$6.1mUS$6.1m+US$20.5m+US$60.9m+> US$164.6m
Imports: 222
- Afghanistan: US$640.5m
- Iraq: US$456.2m
- United States: US$311.4m
- Netherlands: US$311.3m
- Sudan: US$252.2m
- France: US$250m
- Ireland: US$164.6m
- Uzbekistan: US$155.1m
- Brazil: US$133.2m
- Somalia: US$119.3m
- Syria: US$103.9m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$98.4m
- Spain: US$89.6m
- Belgium: US$88.6m
- Germany: US$86.7m
- China: US$86.1m
- Mexico: US$74.8m
- Palestinian Territories: US$72.4m
- Madagascar: US$72.1m
- Thailand: US$71.2m
- Canada: US$69.9m
- Djibouti: US$67.5m
- United Kingdom: US$60.9m
- Romania: US$59.3m
- Venezuela: US$59.1m
- Cuba: US$57.7m
- Yemen: US$55.2m
- Malaysia: US$53.7m
- Austria: US$53m
- Poland: US$50.6m
- Singapore: US$48.7m
- Haiti: US$48.5m
- Sri Lanka: US$47.2m
- Czechia: US$46.3m
- Portugal: US$46m
- Bolivia: US$45.3m
- Denmark: US$44.2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$41.3m
- South Sudan: US$40.6m
- Congo - Kinshasa: US$39.5m
- Ghana: US$38.7m
- Slovakia: US$36.9m
- United Arab Emirates: US$35.7m
- Hungary: US$33.7m
- Philippines: US$30.4m
- Indonesia: US$28.9m
- Italy: US$28.7m
- Greece: US$28.4m
- Sierra Leone: US$27.7m
- Guatemala: US$27.5m
- South Africa: US$27.2m
- Croatia: US$21.8m
- Niger: US$21.8m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$21.8m
- Eritrea: US$21m
- Australia: US$20.5m
- Kenya: US$19.9m
- North Macedonia: US$19.8m
- Lesotho: US$19.3m
- Montenegro: US$19.2m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$1.2bn | 19.6% | |
| 2 | US$521.1m | 8.8% | |
| 3 | US$507.5m | 8.6% | |
| 4 | US$460.9m | 7.8% | |
| 5 | US$321.8m | 5.4% | |
| 6 | US$306.4m | 5.2% | |
| 7 | US$186.5m | 3.1% | |
| 8 | US$172.1m | 2.9% | |
| 9 | US$152.3m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$148.4m | 2.5% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$640.5m | 10.8% | |
| 2 | US$456.2m | 7.7% | |
| 3 | US$311.4m | 5.2% | |
| 4 | US$311.3m | 5.2% | |
| 5 | US$252.2m | 4.3% | |
| 6 | US$250m | 4.2% | |
| 7 | US$164.6m | 2.8% | |
| 8 | US$155.1m | 2.6% | |
| 9 | US$133.2m | 2.2% | |
| 10 | US$119.3m | 2% |
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading 0901 or 2101);
(b) prepared flours, groats, meals or starches of heading 1901;
(c) corn flakes and other products of heading 1904;
(d) vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 2001, 2004 or 2005;
(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 weight 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 2302. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, is always classified in heading 1104.
(B) Products falling in this chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading 1101 or 1102 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in column 4 or 5 is not less, by weight, than that shown against the cereal concerned.
Otherwise, they fall in heading 1103 or 1104.
| Cereal | Starch content | Ash content | Rate of passage through a sieve with an aperture of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 315 micrometres (microns) | 500 micrometres (microns) | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Wheat and rye | 45 % | 2,5 % | 80 % | — |
| Barley | 45 % | 3 % | 80 % | — |
| Oats | 45 % | 5 % | 80 % | — |
| Maize (corn) and grain sorghum | 45 % | 2 % | — | 90 % |
| Rice | 45 % | 1,6 % | 80 % | — |
| Buckwheat | 45 % | 4 % | 80 % | — |
| Other cereals | 45 % | 2 % | 50 % | — |
3. For the purposes of heading 1103, 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 % by weight 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 % by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 1,25 mm.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for wheat or meslin flour?
Wheat or meslin flour fall under HS heading 1101, part of chapter 11, in section II of the Harmonized System.
Which country exports the most wheat or meslin flour?
Türkiye, with US$1.2bn in 2024 (19.6% of world exports).