2104 20 00 11 Monosodium glutamate in mixture or in solution, containing by dry weight 50 % or more of monosodium glutamate
Applies to goods from
China
Legal act
Regulation 0633/21
Additional dutyAdditional duties50% with document Y-155 (Products exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or Belarus) · otherwise free
Applies to goods from
all countries except Belarus, Russia
Legal act
Regulation 1227/25
Documents
Y155 Products exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or Belarus
Additional dutyAdditional duties50%
Applies to goods from
Belarus, Russia
Legal act
Regulation 1227/25
Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty3 EUR
Applies to goods from
all countries
In force
until 31 October 2026
Legal act
Regulation 0382/26
Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty3 EUR
all countries except Andorra, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino
Legal act
Regulation 0632/21
Documents
N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
Y058 Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
Y170 Goods with third country origin coming from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y171 Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y174 Goods with third country origin coming from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y175 Goods with third country origin coming from Liechtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y176 Goods with third country origin coming from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y177 Goods with third country origin coming from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y931 Goods benefitting from derogation to veterinary controls according to Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630
Y930 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
Import controlVeterinary control
Applies to goods from
Faroe Islands, Greenland
Legal act
Regulation 0632/21
Documents
N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
Y058 Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
Y170 Goods with third country origin coming from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y171 Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y174 Goods with third country origin coming from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y175 Goods with third country origin coming from Liechtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y176 Goods with third country origin coming from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y177 Goods with third country origin coming from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Y931 Goods benefitting from derogation to veterinary controls according to Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630
Y930 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
Applies to goods from
North Korea
Legal act
Regulation 1548/17
Documents
Y964 Goods other than those described in Annex XIa (Seafood) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
Import controlImport control - CITES
Applies to goods from
all countries
Legal act
Regulation 0966/23
Documents
C400 Presentation of the required " CITES" certificate
Y900 Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
Import controlImport control on luxury goods
Applies to goods from
North Korea
Legal act
Regulation 2062/17
Documents
Y945 Travellers' personal effects or goods of a non-commercial nature for travellers' personal use contained in their luggage (Art 10.2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
Y946 Goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in the DPRK or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff (Art 10.3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
Y948 Goods other than those described in Annex VIII (Luxury goods) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
Import controlImport control of organic products
Applies to goods from
all countries except Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
Legal act
Regulation 2306/21
Documents
C644 Certificate of inspection for organic products
Y929 Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
Import control
Applies to goods from
Ukraine
Legal act
Regulation 0692/14
Documents
Y997 Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
TARIC subdivisions
Declare the 10-digit TARIC code that fits the goods: measures can differ between subdivisions.
2104 20 00 11
Monosodium glutamate in mixture or in solution, containing by dry weight 50 % or more of monosodium glutamate
2104 20 00 90
Other
Tariff quotas
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.
Export measures 4
Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.
Export measures
Destination
Legal act
Validity
Export control on luxury goodsSanctions regime: Belarus
Belarus
Regulation 0765/06
1 July 2024
Export control on luxury goodsSanctions regime: Russia
Russia
Regulation 0833/14
24 June 2023
Export control on luxury goodsSanctions regime: North Korea
North Korea
Regulation 2062/17
28 June 2018
Export control - CITES
All third countries
Regulation 0966/23
20 May 2023
TARIC data as of 26 October 2026
Import VAT in the EU member states
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.
Austria10% reduced rate
Belgium6% reduced rate
Bulgaria9% reduced rate
Croatia5% reduced rate
Cyprus19%
Czechia12% reduced rate
Denmark25%
Estonia24%
Finland13.5% reduced rate
France5.5% reduced rate
Germany7% reduced rate
Greece13% reduced rate
Hungary27%
Ireland23%
Italy10% reduced rate
Latvia12% reduced rate
Lithuania21%
Luxembourg3% reduced rate
Malta0% reduced rate
Netherlands9% reduced rate
Poland5% reduced rate
Portugal23%
Romania11% reduced rate
Slovakia19% reduced rate
Slovenia9.5% reduced rate
Spain10% reduced rate
Sweden6% reduced rate
TEDB · 26 October 2026
Preferential rates by country
Agreement or scheme
Countries
Rate
standard rate (no agreement)
—
14.1%
GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms)
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 more
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.
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
(d) spices or other products of headings 0904 to 0910;
(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);
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.
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.
The expression ‘homogenised composite food preparations’ is defined in note 3 to this chapter.
The phrase ‘Such preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of ingredients’ in note 3 to chapter 21 does not imply that there is a fixed limit in percentage by weight or size for those visible pieces in order for the product to be covered by subheading 2104 20 00. The concept of ‘a small quantity of visible pieces of ingredients’ is to be interpreted on the basis of the objective characteristics of the product; it has to be assessed whether the visible pieces have been added in such a quantity that they constitute a considerable volume of the product. If so, the product would have to be classified elsewhere (for example, under heading 2005), since the product would have lost the character of a homogenised composite food preparation.
General notes to the chapter
MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS
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.
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
Homogenised composite food preparations
14.1%
—
2025
unchanged
14.1%
—
2024
unchanged
14.1%
—
2023
unchanged
14.1%
—
2022
unchanged
14.1%
—
2021
unchanged
14.1%
—
2020
unchanged
14.1%
—
2019
Homogenised composite food preparations
14.1%
—
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 2104 20 00 is one of 1 line under subheading 2104.20, homogenised composite food preparations.
The third-country duty is 14.1%, and quantities are declared in —.
Goods from 152 countries can enter the EU at a preferential rate instead of the standard 14.1%; 138 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 EU, anti-dumping duty of 39.7% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from China.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported goods of subheading 2104.20 worth €7.4m (up 40% on the year before), at an average of €4.20 per kg; United Kingdom supplied 46%, followed by Iran.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 14%, the Türkiye duty is 14.1%, the US duty is 2.5%–6.4%, the Canada duty is 11%, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 14.4%, the Argentina duty is 16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 12%, the Taiwan duty is 5%–17%, the GCC duty is 5%, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 2104.20 worth US$328m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the EU import duty for CN code 2104 20 00?
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 14.1%; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 2104 20 00?
152 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 138 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.
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 2104 20 00?
Additional duty of 50% on goods from Belarus and Russia; Anti-dumping duty of 39.7% on goods from China. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
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New Zealand
Taiwan
GCC
Norway
North Macedonia
Nigeria