How to export wafers and waffles to the United States? GTİP code, documents, customs duty and buyers
Imports of heading 1905 from Türkiye into the United States came to US$86.4m in the last 12 months (September 2025–August 2026): 0.8% of its imports. Against the 12 months before: -2.6%.
Figures are for heading 1905: the official statistics go no deeper. Each figure has its source and date beside it.
Imports from Türkiye into the United States
Heading 1905 · September 2025 – August 2026
US$86.4m-2.6% on the 12 months before
The 12 months before: US$88.7m
- From Türkiye
- Other origins
Reported by the United States, from its own import statistics.
UN Comtrade (United Nations Statistics Division)
Dataset UN Comtrade C/M/HS(opens in a new tab)Updated at the source on 30 October 2026.
The customs watch computed these figures on 2 November 2026.
The market in the United States
The market's own import figures for heading 1905, last 12 months.
- Imports from the world, 12 months
- US$11.4bn-2% on the 12 months before
- Türkiye's share
- 0.8%0.8% in the 12 months before
The largest suppliers
| Origin | 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|
 Canada | US$5.31bn | 46.7% |
 Mexico | US$2.55bn | 22.5% |
 Italy | US$555m | 4.9% |
 France | US$315m | 2.8% |
 Germany | US$219m | 1.9% |
Customs duty
15%on the FOB value
0% general rate + 15% on Türkiye's goods (heading 9903.02.64)From the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (USITC), 2026 HTS Revision 22No free trade agreement with TürkiyeMinistry of Trade, checked 2 November 2026(opens in a new tab)The rate set for HS 1905.32checked on 2 November 2026Official source(opens in a new tab)
Rules notified to the WTO
Rules for this product in United States as notified to the WTO: draft regulations, emergency measures and their changes, newest first.
- G/SPS/N/USA/3448/Add.2Food safety, animal and plant health (SPS)Addendum
Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Butterfly Pea Flower Extract; Confirmation of Effective Date; Final Amendment; Order; Confirmation of Effective Date
Products: Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes; cereals (other than maize "corn") in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 1904); Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (HS code(s): 1905); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)
Notified on 25 August 2025
On ePing(opens in a new tab)The notification(opens in a new tab)
- G/SPS/N/USA/3448/Add.1Food safety, animal and plant health (SPS)Addendum
Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Butterfly Pea Flower Extract; Final amendment; Order
Products: Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes; cereals (other than maize "corn") in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 1904); Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (HS code(s): 1905); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)
Notified on 16 May 2025Comments until 11 June 2025
On ePing(opens in a new tab)The notification(opens in a new tab)
2 notifications in all; none open for comments. Titles and products as notified, in English.
Source: the World Trade Organization's ePing.
The code
HS subheading (6 digits), the same in every country
GTİP 1905.32
Food preparations; waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa
Official Turkish title: Waffle ve gofretler
Heading 1905Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
Türkiye exported €455m of HS 1905.32 in 2025: rank 99 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
6 national tariff lines (12 digits)
Declarations in Türkiye use one of these lines; each has its own page.
- 1905.32.05.00.00Waffles and wafers of a water content, by weight, of > 10%
- 1905.32.11.00.00Waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa, coated or covered with chocolate or cocoa preparations, in immediate packings of <= 85 g (excl. of a water content, by weight, of > 10%)
- 1905.32.19.00.00Waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa, coated or covered with chocolate or cocoa preparations (excl. in immediate packings of <= 85 g and waffles and wafers of a water content, by weight, of > 10%)
- 1905.32.91.00.00Waffles and wafers, salted, whether or not filled (excl. of a water content, by weight, of > 10%)
- 1905.32.99.00.11Fenilketonüri hastaları için düşük proteinli waffle ve gofretler
- 1905.32.99.00.19Diğer waffle ve gofretler
Its page in the codes guideTÜİK Sınıflama Sunucusu: GTİP 2026(opens in a new tab)
Frequently asked questions
- What import duty does the United States charge on wafers and waffles?
- the United States charges 15% on wafers and waffles of Turkish origin (on the FOB value). The rate was checked at its source on 2 November 2026.
- Where does Türkiye rank among the United States's suppliers of wafers and waffles?
- From September 2025 to August 2026, Türkiye supplied 0.8% of the United States's imports of HS 1905: No. 14 of 119 supplying countries.
- Are Türkiye's exports of wafers and waffles to the United States growing?
- Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), US$86.4m of goods under HS 1905 went from Türkiye to the United States: -2.6% on the 12 months before.