Malt; whether or not roasted (heading 1107): importing markets

Fact sheet

Code

1107

Chapter

11 · Products of the milling industry; malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten

Subheadings

2

What to know before exporting malt under heading 1107

Heading 1107 groups malt, whether or not roasted. It has two subheadings, so the first step is to classify the product at the right level: the duty, the statistics and the customs declaration are tied to the subheading, not to the four-digit heading.

Demand is not concentrated in one region. The table shows importers in Latin America (Brazil, Mexico), Asia (Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, South Korea, the Philippines), Africa (Nigeria, South Africa), Europe (Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Poland) and North America (United States). The figures are what each country declares importing from the whole world, not what it buys from Spain.

Because those figures are global, they say how large a market is, not how open it is to a Spanish supplier. To judge that, compare the market's total imports with the origins that already supply it. Those bilateral flows can be consulted in UN Comtrade or ITC Trade Map.

For a company exporting from Spain, the duty in each destination depends on the subheading and on the agreement in force between the European Union and that country. Some destinations in the table have preferential agreements with the EU and others do not. The applicable rate is checked per country and per subheading in Access2Markets.

Import requirements for a food-grade cereal product, such as documentation or sanitary and quality controls, also vary by destination. They are not the same in the European Union, where Spanish exports move within the single market, as in a third country. Check them in Access2Markets before quoting, and confirm the details with the importer's customs agent.

The data carry a reporting lag. Countries submit their statistics at different times, so the 2025 period is the latest with consolidated data, and a market missing from the ranking may simply not have reported yet.

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