GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 2103.10
2103.10.00.00.00: Soya sauce.
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: GCC Common Customs Tariff, in force from 1 January 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026
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Importing into GCC
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
2103.10 Sauces and preparations therefor: soya sauce
UK 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU 7.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 7.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA 3% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada 9.5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 14.4% – 16.2% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 15.3% 
Argentina 16% – 18% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 17% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan 7.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free – 15% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 7.5% 
Switzerland specific or compound duty General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Binding rulings for similar goods
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.
- 600016832 HMRC
A ready-to-consume liquid condiment which is intended for use as a seasoning or an accompaniment to food, with a pleasant, sweet, sour, and salty flavour. Ingredients: Water, soybeans, wheat, salt, sweeteners and flavour enhancers, high-fructose corn syrup, mirin, monosodium glutamate, sucralose,…
Legal notes
Notes
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.
HS code 2103.10.00.00.00 is a line of the GCC Common Customs Tariff under HS subheading 2103.10 (sauces and preparations therefor: soya sauce).
The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Kilograms.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 6%, the EU duty is 7.7%, the Türkiye duty is 7.7%, the US duty is 3%, the Canada duty is 9.5%, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 14.4%–16.2%, the Argentina duty is 16%–18%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 7.2%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–15%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 10% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
The GCC states imported goods of subheading 2103.10 worth US$28m in 2024; the largest supplier was Indonesia.
Questions and answers
What is the GCC import duty for HS code 2103.10.00.00.00?
The customs duty in the GCC Common Customs Tariff is 5%; the supplementary unit is Kilograms. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does the GCC import these goods from?
For subheading 2103.10 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Indonesia (US$6m), followed by Singapore.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.