2101 30 19 · Other
This subheading includes non-germinated barley grains, husked, roasted and usable in the production of beer as a colouring and flavouring agent, or as a coffee substitute.
EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 2101.30
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
Importing into EU
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
| Order number | Origin | In-quota duty | Period | Volume | Balance | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.9016 | United States | Free · 0.1 EUR / 100 kg Z · 1.3% · 1.3 % + 3.18 EUR / 100 kg · 1.5% · 1.6 % + 3.56 EUR / 100 kg · 1.9% · 10.68 EUR / 100 kg M · 2 % + 13.5 EUR / 100 kg · 2 % + 9.63 EUR / 100 kg | 1 July 2026 – 30 June 2027 | 250,000,000 kg | 245,502,040 kg | Critical |
Balances from the Commission’s weekly quota report of 23 October 2026.
The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.
TEDB · 26 October 2026
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net |
| GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms) | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and 8 moreAntarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, New Caledonia, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| EU–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| EU–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| EU–Bosnia & Herzegovina agreement | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Free |
| EU–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| EU–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| EU–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| EU–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| EU–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| EU–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| EU–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. | Western Sahara | Free |
| EU–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| EU–United Kingdom agreement | United Kingdom | Free |
| EU–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| EU–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| EU–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| European Economic Area - Iceland | Iceland | Free |
| EU–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| EU–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| EU–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| EU–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| EU–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| EU–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| EU–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| EU–Montenegro agreement | Montenegro | Free |
| EU–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| EU–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| EU–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| EU–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| EU–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| EU–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| EU–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| EU–San Marino customs union | San Marino | Free |
| EU–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| EU–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| EU–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| EU–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| GSP - General arrangements | Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia and 6 moreCongo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, Micronesia, Nigeria, Niue, Syria, Tajikistan, Vanuatu | 1.6 % + 12.7 EUR / 100 kg |
| GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance) | Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and 4 moreBolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan | 0 % + 12.7 EUR / 100 kg |
| Mercosur | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | 4.6 % + 11.54 EUR / 100 kg |
| EU–Chile agreement | Chile | 0 % + 8.46 EUR / 100 kg |
| EU–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | 0 % + 12.7 EUR / 100 kg |
| EU–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | 0 % + 12.7 EUR / 100 kg |
| EEA - European Economic Area | Norway | 0 % + 10.39 EUR / 100 kg |
| EU–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | 0 % + 12.7 EUR / 100 kg |
| EU–Türkiye customs union | Türkiye | 0 % + 12.7 EUR / 100 kg |
| EU–United States agreementQuota | United States | 1.3 % + 3.18 EUR / 100 kg |
| EU–South Africa agreement | South Africa | 0 % + 12.7 EUR / 100 kg |
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| €6.8m | 32.7% | +8.5% | |
| €4.6m | 22% | +25,604.7% | |
| €3.5m | 17% | -28.1% | |
| €1.6m | 7.5% | +74,857.2% | |
| €1.4m | 6.5% | — | |
| €1.2m | 5.8% | +8.1% | |
| €663k | 3.2% | +99,290.7% | |
| €293k | 1.4% | -37.8% |
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) mixed vegetables of heading 0712;
(b) roasted coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion (heading 0901);
(c) flavoured tea (heading 0902);
(e) food preparations, other than the products described in heading 2103 or 2104, containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
(f) products of heading 2404;
(g) yeast put up as a medicament or other products of heading 3003 or 3004; or
(h) prepared enzymes of heading 3507.
2. Extracts of the substitutes referred to in note 1(b) are to be classified in heading 2101.
3. For the purposes of heading 2104, the expression ‘homogenised composite food preparations’ means preparations consisting of a finely homogenised mixture of two or more basic ingredients such as meat, fish, vegetables, fruit or nuts, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may be added to the mixture for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. Such preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of ingredients.
1. For the purposes of subheadings 21061020 and 21069092, the term ‘starch’ also covers starch breakdown products.
2. For the purposes of subheading 21069020, ‘compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages’ means those preparations having an alcoholic strength by volume of more than 0,5 % vol.
3. For the purposes of subheading 21069030, the term ‘isoglucose’ means the product obtained from glucose or its polymers with a content by weight in the dry state of at least 10 % fructose.
4. For products of subheadings 21069030 and 21069059, the sucrose content, including other sugars expressed as sucrose, is to be determined by the refractometry method (expressed in degrees Brix in accordance with the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 974/2014).
5. Other food preparations presented in measured doses, such as capsules, tablets, pastilles and pills, and which are intended for use as food supplements are to be classified under heading 2106, unless elsewhere specified or included.
6. Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or maté or extracts, essences or concentrates thereof, with a sugar content of 97 % or more by weight, calculated on the dry matter, are excluded from classification under heading 2101 and are, in principle, to be classified in Chapter 17. The character of such products is no longer deemed to be determined by the coffee, tea or maté or extracts, essences or concentrates thereof.
The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.
This subheading includes non-germinated barley grains, husked, roasted and usable in the production of beer as a colouring and flavouring agent, or as a coffee substitute.
General
Classification of ‘food supplements’ (as referred to in point (16) of the HS Explanatory Note to heading 2106), in particular other food preparations presented in measured doses, such as capsules, tablets, pastilles and pills, and which are intended for use as food supplements, is also to be seen in the light of the criteria set out in the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Joined Cases C-410/08 to C-412/08 (‘Swiss Caps’).
Additional note 1
This additional note covers in particular maltodextrins.
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union
The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.
| Year | Description | Third-country duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Other | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net | — |
| 2025 | unchanged | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net | — |
| 2024 | unchanged | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net | — |
| 2023 | unchanged | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net | — |
| 2022 | unchanged | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net | — |
| 2021 | unchanged | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net | — |
| 2020 | unchanged | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net | — |
| 2019 | Other | 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net | — |
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 2101 30 19 is one of 4 lines under subheading 2101.30, roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences….
The third-country duty is a specific or compound duty: 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net.
Goods from 151 countries can enter the EU at a preferential rate instead of the standard 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net; 121 of them pay no duty at all, for example under GSP-EBA or CARIFORUM.
In the EU, additional duty of 50% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported goods of subheading 2101.30 worth €20.7m (up 52% on the year before), at an average of €5.78 per kg; Switzerland supplied 33%, followed by Côte d’Ivoire.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 10%–14%, the Türkiye duty is 5.1%–14.1%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 6%, the Taiwan duty is 26%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 15% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 2101.30 worth US$100m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Switzerland.
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 5,1 + 12,7 €/100 kg/net; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
151 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 121 of them at 0%, under GSP-EBA, CARIFORUM and OCTs and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
Additional duty of 50% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
For subheading 2101.30 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Switzerland (US$6m), followed by India.
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.