Code 1904 20 · Heading 1904

Prepared foods made from unroasted cereal flakes or mixtures with toasted or expanded cereal

This covers prepared foods made from unroasted cereal flakes, or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes with toasted cereal flakes or expanded cereal. The product must therefore contain one of these specified cereal-flake or expanded-cereal preparations.

For example

Prepared food made from unroasted oat flakes
Prepared food made from a mixture of unroasted oat flakes and toasted wheat flakes

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Official tariff text

Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals

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IV
19
1904
1904 20

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Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pas… 4 of 9 chapters in section IV
Which named product type is it: malt extract or a prepared food made from flour, meal, starch or milk; pasta or couscous; tapioca or a starch-based tapioca substitute; an expanded, roasted or otherwise prepared grain food; or bread, pastry, cake, biscuit or another baked good?
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Step 3 · Heading 1904 Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting… 4 of 5 headings under chapter 19
Is it made by expanding or roasting grain; made from unroasted grain flakes or a mixture of unroasted and roasted flakes or expanded grain; bulgur made from cooked durum-wheat kernels; or another precooked or otherwise prepared non-maize grain in kernels, flakes or another processed form?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1904 20 Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flake… 2 of 4 subheadings under heading 1904
Is it a muesli-type mixture based on unroasted cereal flakes, made from maize, made from rice, or none of these?

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Import duty on the codes below: 3.8–9.0%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 3.8% to 8.3%.

1904 10 Prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes 3.8–5.1%
1904 20 Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals you are here 3.8–9.0%
1904 30 Bulgur wheat in the form of worked grains, obtained by cooking hard wheat grains 8.3%
1904 90 Cereals (excl. maize [corn]) in grain or flake form or other worked grains, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.s. (excl. flour, groats and meal, food preparations obtained by swelling or roasting or from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals and bulgur wheat) 8.3%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines2 Norwegian lines

19.04.2010 Preparations of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines4 British lines
EU originDuty free

1904 20 10 00 Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

From 10.0% to 14.9%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

1904.20.10.00 Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

19.04.2010

Preparations of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes

Ordinary duty

Duty free
19.04.2090

Other

Ordinary duty

0,34 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

1904 20 10 00

Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes

Ordinary duty

8.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1904 20 91 00

Obtained from maize

Ordinary duty

2% + 16 GBP / 100 kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1904 20 95 00

Obtained from rice

Ordinary duty

4% + 38 GBP / 100 kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1904 20 99 00

Other

Ordinary duty

4% + 28 GBP / 100 kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

1904.20.10.00

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, cornflakes); cereals (other than corn (maize)) 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, Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals, In airtight containers and not containing apricots, citrus fruits, peaches or pears

General rate

5.6%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1904.20.90.00

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, cornflakes); cereals (other than corn (maize)) 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, Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals, Other

General rate

14.9%

From the EU

14.9% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.