✅ Products That Fall Under HS Code 190590
HS Code 190590:
"Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper, and similar products – Other."
| Product Type | Description | Brand & Product Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Bread & Bakery Products (Fresh or Shelf-Stable) | Fully baked breads, cakes, pastries, muffins, doughnuts, croissants, and similar bakery items. | Fresh bread, bagels, baguettes, muffins, doughnuts (e.g., Krispy Kreme, Dunkin’ Donuts), croissants, Hostess, Honey Buns etc |
| Pastries & Cakes | Bakery products, sweet pastries, cakes, and related products. | Sponge cakes, pound cakes, cheesecake, éclairs, danish pastries |
| Savory Bakery Products (Biscuits & Crackers) | Savory biscuits, crackers, pretzels, snacks baked from dough. | Ritz Crackers, saltine crackers, water crackers, savory biscuits |
| Extruded or Fried Corn-Based Snacks | Snacks made from cereal dough, fried or baked (e.g., puffed or extruded corn snacks). | Cheetos Puffs, Takis, Cheetos Crunchy, Doritos Tortilla Chips, Herr’s Cheese Puffs, Wotsits, Funyuns |
| Communion Wafers & Rice Paper (specific) | Communion wafers, rice paper, and empty pharmaceutical wafers or sealing wafers. | Communion wafers, edible rice paper |
❌ Products That Do NOT Fall Under HS Code 190590
| Product Type | Correct HS Code | Brand & Product Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet Biscuits (Cookies) | 190531 | Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Digestives, Lotus Biscoff |
| Waffles & Wafers (sweet, ready-to-eat) | 190532 or 19059020 (varies by region) | Eggo Waffles, Loacker Wafers |
| Chocolate Bars & Cocoa Confectionery | 1806 | Snickers, Mars bars, KitKat Chunky (primarily chocolate) |
| Breakfast Cereals (Puffed/Roasted) | 190410 | Cornflakes, Cheerios, Rice Krispies |
| Granola Bars & Cereal Bars | 190420 | Nature Valley Bars, KIND Bars |
📌 Clarification (Why Cheetos and Doritos fall here):
- Snacks like Cheetos, Doritos, and Herr’s Cheese Puffs fall under 190590 because they're extruded or fried cereal-based snacks, distinct from breakfast cereals (190410) and sweet biscuits (190531).
