Customs Harmonization Code (HTS#) / Harmonized System Code (HS Code) for Tapioca Starch:
1903.00.0000: Tapioca, Substitutes Therefor Prepared from Starch

By clicking on the image below, you will see the detailed travel route used to extract the native food-grade tapioca starch from Lekoni, Gabon to the port in Libreville.

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CAPLINQ and ANK Gabon have partnered with an existing private Manganese-extraction company that has already expanded the existing railway system from the center of Gabon to the port where the goods are loaded on the cargo ships.

Summarizing the travel route, the cassava roots are extracted in the field in Lekoni, Gabon. They are transported with tractors to the factory that is centrally located within 15 kilometers of the fields where the roots are transformed into food-grade tapioca starch. From here, the native starch is loaded into conatiners and brought by truck to Franceville where they are loaded onto train cars. The train covers the largest distance, moving the goods right to the port in Libreville where they are then loaded on the cargo ships and shipped to the customers’ destination port.

By clicking on the image below, you will see the detailed travel route used to extract the native food-grade tapioca starch from Lekoni, Gabon to the port in Libreville.

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Food-Grade Native Tapioca Starch Purchase Specifications:

Items to be listed on Certificate of Analysis (CoA) of every delivery:
Moisture: 11- 14% (ISO 1666)
pH: 4.5 – 7
Total aerobic mesophilic count: 10,000 CFU /g (ISO 4833)
Moulds: 250 CFU/g (ISO 7954)
Yeast: 250 CFU/g (ISO 7954)
E. coli or coliforms: absent (ISO 16654)
Salmonella: absent (ISO 6579)
Shelf-Life: 12 months after delivery date

Items to be measured and supplied yearly to customer:
Ash: max. 0.3% (ISO 3593)
Diffuse reflection Number/Whiteness: min. 90
Visible Impurities: max. 10
Sieve analysis (vibrational): max. 0.15%
Protein content: max. 0.2%
Cyanogenic potential : max 10mg HCN/kg (AOAC 1995 915.03 Pyridine Pyrazolone method)
Brabender viscosity: min. 700 Bu (Conc. 6% ds, 700 cmg, 75 rpm, start temp. 45oC, increasing with 1,5 oC/min. till 90 oC, hold for 20 min., Read peak viscosity)
Sulphite (SO2): max. 10 mg/kg (ISO 5379)
Arsenic (As): max. 0.1 mg/kg (ISO 11212)
Cadmium (Cd): max. 0.1 mg/kg (ISO 11212)
Lead (Pb): 0.5 mg/kg (ISO 11212)
Mercury (Hg): 0.05 mg/kg (ISO 11212)

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Volume-Based Native Tapioca Starch Prices | Cassava Starch

Though CAPLINQ typically publishes its price-list publicly, the commodity business of tapioca starch changes so rapidly that prices change every week. Instead, CAPLINQ refers its customers to the Thai Tapioca Starch Association (TTSA) website where prices of Thai-supplied starch are supplied, and CAPLINQ’s sales price have always been below these prices.

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CAPLINQ offers Native Tapioca (Cassava, Manioc) Starch from Africa

CAPLINQ is proud to announce its native tapioca starch partnership with ANK Gabon. This partnership allows Native Tapioca Starch, produced in cassava starch fields of Gabon, Africa to be distributed worldwide by ocean freight from the port in Libreville, Gabon Africa. Historically, tapioca starch has been sourced from countries such as Vietnam and Thailand and shipped by sea to the country where it will be used. Though this makes sense for countries in South-East Asia, this simply adds costs and transit time to an otherwise low-priced commodity.

Africa, and specifically Gabon has a climate that is ideally suited for growing and producing tapioca starch, where the cassava starch roots grow very quickly with little irrigation. Large volume tapioca starch production however was nearly impossible however until recently as Gabon lacked the infrastructure, machinery and know-how to meet the specifications the industry both requires and expects. Since 2008, in cooperation and with the help of the Gabon President and government, ANK Gabon has steadily been building an ultra-modern tapioca starch production factory to produce food-grade quality native tapioca starch and has plans to move into starch-derivative products within a few years.

Small scale tapioca starch production has been running since January 2010, and the first cassava starch production volumes are scheduled to be ready by March 2010. Given the equipment and processes, the production capacities in Gabon, Africa should ramp up to full capacity of 2,500 tonnes/month of tapioca starch by the end of April 2010 – for an annual tapioca starch production of 30,000 metric tonnes per year.

What is Tapioca (Cassava) Starch?

The name Tapioca is the common name for any of several related plants native to tropical regions in the Americas, Africa and Asia. Tapioca Starch is the name used in Thailand and Vietnam, Cassava Starch is the West Indian name; Manioc Starch (or Mandioc) is the Brazilian name; and Yucca Starch (or Juca) is used in other parts of South America. Throughout the text below, both tapioca starch and cassava starch are used as these terms can be used interchangeably. The tapioca plant grows in a bushy form, up to 2.4 meters (8 ft) tall, with greenish-yellow flowers and the roots are up to 8 cm (3 in) thick and 91 cm (36 in) long. The tapioca roots contain from 20% – 32% starch in plants as young as ½ to 1½ years old.

Reasons Why Tapioca (Cassava) is a Preferred Starch

1. Flavor Profile Important for the food industry, light flavors such as vanilla, peach and lemon, are not masked when using tapioca starch. This is because tapioca starch contains no impurities, while cereal based starches contain phospholipids which give it an after taste.

2. Appearance Also for the food industry, pastes, films and gels madse with tapioca starch are clearer than when other starches are used and fruit fillings look more appetizing.

3. Non-Allergetic For the baby food industry, tapioca starch is gluten-free and thus easier to digest – an important consideration, and a reason for its widespread use in the manufacture of baby foods.

4. Excellent Viscosity Tapioca starch exhibits a lower viscosity (more liquid) when it’s warmed. This facilitates processing.

In Which Industries is Tapioca Starch Used?

1. Food-Grade Tapioca Starch is used in the Food and Candy Industries

2. Glue and Adhesive Industries used modified starch and starch derivatives

3. Pet Food Industries use cassava starch as fillers

4. Fish Feed Industry

5. Paper and Paper Cone industries

6. Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cone Manufacturers

7. Aluminium and Cast Iron Foundries use starch as a sand binder to make molds

8. Pharmaceutical Industries use starch and derivatives to bind tablets and as a dispersion agent

9. Cosmetics, Detergents and Soap Industries

10. Edible Masala Powder manufacturers

11. Cassava Starch Derivatives industries

12. Dry Battery Cell industries use Tapioca Starch as filler

13. Rubber and Foam industries

14. Textile Industries use Starch

15. Plywood

16. Fermentation Industry (enzymes, beer)

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