Wheat gluten; whether or not dried (heading 1109): importing markets

Fact sheet

Code

1109

Chapter

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

Subheadings

1

What to know before exporting wheat gluten

Wheat gluten is the protein fraction obtained from wheat flour. Heading 1109 has a single subheading, so classification inside the heading is simple. The work is in confirming that your product is gluten and not a flour, a starch or a protein concentrate with a different classification.

Import demand is concentrated. In 2025, Norway and the United States declared far higher imports than any other market in the table. Imports declared by a country are not the same as sales available to a new supplier: they include what incumbent suppliers already cover. Use the table to prioritise which markets to study, not to forecast your own sales.

For a company exporting from Spain, the tariff depends on the destination, the full national code of the importing country and the agreement in force between that country and the EU. Several of the markets listed, such as France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland, are in the EU single market, where no customs duty applies to goods in free circulation. For the rest, the applicable duty is consulted in Access2Markets, entering the product and the destination.

Sanitary, labelling and allergen requirements depend on the market. Wheat gluten contains gluten, and most markets regulate how that is declared on the label. Check these rules with the importer and in the destination country's official sources before the first shipment.

Countries report to UN Comtrade with a delay. The table uses the latest year with consolidated data, so a market that looks small may simply not have reported yet. Before discarding a destination, compare it with a second source such as ITC Trade Map.

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