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U.S. imports of bakers' wares nes, communion wafers, pharmaceutical cachets & similar (SITC 04849) totaled $632.8M in July 2026, traded with 115 countries.
Importers of Bakers' Wares NES, Communion Wafers, Pharmaceutical Cachets & Similar paid $19.6M in duties in July 2026 — an effective duty rate of 12% on $169.8M in dutiable value, based on actual customs collections rather than the published tariff schedule.
Basic heading 3 of 337 in section 0
Basic heading 04849 · $632.8M of $14.4B
FDA oversight applies to this catch-all heading, which spans a notably diverse range of edible and semi-edible products: communion wafers, empty gelatin or starch cachets used to encapsulate pharmaceutical doses, sealing wafers, and rice paper, among others. The pharmaceutical-use cachets are a particularly specialized subset, often sourced from precision manufacturers and subject to FDA food-contact and drug-delivery standards. Importers should be aware that classification here turns on the product's specific form and intended use — a cachet destined for pharmaceutical filling is treated differently from a decorative rice-paper wafer. Because these items span food and quasi-pharmaceutical applications, admissibility review at entry is common.
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49.5K shipments/mo
Empty cachets intended for pharmaceutical use are reviewed as food-contact or drug-delivery articles under FDA authority. Importers should ensure the foreign manufacturer is registered with FDA and that the product meets applicable food-grade or drug-component specifications before entry.
This heading captures specialty or residual baked and wafer-type products that do not fit more specific bakery categories — such as ordinary bread, pastry, or biscuits. The key classification test is whether the article is a conventional baked food or a functional item like a pharmaceutical cachet or sealing wafer; the latter's primary purpose (encapsulation, sealing) rather than its edibility drives the heading assignment.
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Imports · July 2026
origin
Canada and Mexico together supply 70% of it.
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Imports
$632.8MYoY · Pro
Exports
$194.8MYoY · Pro
12-mo low · imports
YoY · ProThrough July 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.