Heading · Chapter 21
2106: Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
2 subheadings make up heading 2106 in chapter 21 (miscellaneous edible preparations).
Duty rates compared
UK Free – 16% Third-country duty 41 tariff lines · average 8.1% · 9× specific or compound duty 
EU 12.8% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · 7× specific or compound duty 
Türkiye Free – 58.5% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · average 23.7% · 1× specific or compound duty 
USA Free – 10% General (MFN) 43 tariff lines · average 8.3% · 28× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free – 11% General (MFN) 36 tariff lines · average 6% · 5× specific or compound duty 
Mexico Free – 156% General (MFN) 15 tariff lines · average 23.9% · 2× specific or compound duty 
Brazil 12.6% – 16.2% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 14% 
Argentina 12.6% – 18% General (MFN) 24 tariff lines · average 15% 
Peru Free – 6% General (MFN) 18 tariff lines · average 1% 
New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 40 tariff lines · average 2.1% · 6× specific or compound duty 
Japan Free – 28% General (MFN) 51 tariff lines · average 17% · 17× specific or compound duty 
Taiwan 1% – 35% General (MFN) 24 tariff lines · average 16.2% · 1× specific or compound duty 
GCC Free – 5% General (MFN) 34 tariff lines · average 4.8% 
Switzerland specific or compound duty General (MFN) 31 tariff lines 
Norway Free – 19% General (MFN) 15 tariff lines · average 10.3% · 9× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia Free – 20% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 15.6% 
Nigeria 5% – 20% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines · average 14% Subheadings 2
EU: imports by month
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$3mUS$3m+US$120m+US$825m+> US$2bn
Exports: 220
- United States: US$8bn
- Germany: US$6bn
- Singapore: US$5bn
- Netherlands: US$4bn
- China: US$4bn
- Italy: US$2bn
- France: US$2bn
- Poland: US$2bn
- United Kingdom: US$2bn
- Canada: US$1bn
- Thailand: US$1bn
- Spain: US$1bn
- Belgium: US$1bn
- Denmark: US$1bn
- Ireland: US$998m
- Australia: US$984m
- Malaysia: US$939m
- South Korea: US$934m
- Austria: US$930m
- Costa Rica: US$887m
- Indonesia: US$840m
- New Zealand: US$825m
- India: US$807m
- Switzerland: US$787m
- Türkiye: US$784m
- Japan: US$752m
- Taiwan: US$690m
- Czechia: US$654m
- Mexico: US$591m
- Sweden: US$576m
- Brazil: US$564m
- Hungary: US$539m
- Vietnam: US$456m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$450m
- Slovakia: US$382m
- Israel: US$294m
- Slovenia: US$288m
- Greece: US$268m
- Egypt: US$268m
- Russia: US$243m
- South Africa: US$231m
- Norway: US$225m
- Serbia: US$222m
- Bulgaria: US$215m
- Lithuania: US$187m
- Sri Lanka: US$177m
- Chile: US$170m
- Uruguay: US$160m
- Romania: US$157m
- Croatia: US$145m
- Luxembourg: US$139m
- Argentina: US$138m
- Colombia: US$122m
- Portugal: US$120m
- Peru: US$98m
- Bahrain: US$97m
- Latvia: US$90m
- Finland: US$89m
- Estonia: US$87m
- El Salvador: US$85m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$53mUS$53m+US$233m+US$874m+> US$2bn
Imports: 225
- United States: US$7bn
- China: US$4bn
- Germany: US$3bn
- Netherlands: US$2bn
- Canada: US$2bn
- United Kingdom: US$2bn
- South Korea: US$2bn
- France: US$2bn
- Australia: US$2bn
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$1bn
- Spain: US$1bn
- Philippines: US$1bn
- Mexico: US$1bn
- Vietnam: US$1bn
- Malaysia: US$1bn
- Poland: US$1bn
- Italy: US$1bn
- Saudi Arabia: US$998m
- Belgium: US$978m
- Thailand: US$977m
- Russia: US$915m
- United Arab Emirates: US$882m
- Japan: US$874m
- Austria: US$867m
- Singapore: US$800m
- Taiwan: US$793m
- Indonesia: US$702m
- Czechia: US$688m
- Romania: US$623m
- Switzerland: US$597m
- Sweden: US$561m
- Guatemala: US$559m
- Denmark: US$544m
- Hungary: US$509m
- Türkiye: US$486m
- New Zealand: US$427m
- Slovakia: US$373m
- Portugal: US$365m
- Ireland: US$347m
- Brazil: US$343m
- Colombia: US$329m
- Norway: US$327m
- Kazakhstan: US$322m
- Chile: US$300m
- Iraq: US$300m
- Nigeria: US$299m
- Honduras: US$294m
- Ukraine: US$293m
- Greece: US$288m
- Peru: US$284m
- Dominican Republic: US$270m
- Egypt: US$262m
- El Salvador: US$261m
- Serbia: US$258m
- Finland: US$247m
- Croatia: US$243m
- South Africa: US$233m
- Israel: US$223m
- Bulgaria: US$222m
- Ecuador: US$204m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$8bn | 13.1% |
| 2 |  Germany | US$6bn | 9.3% |
| 3 |  Singapore | US$5bn | 8.6% |
| 4 |  Netherlands | US$4bn | 6.6% |
| 5 |  China | US$4bn | 5.9% |
| 6 |  Italy | US$2bn | 3.6% |
| 7 |  France | US$2bn | 3.4% |
| 8 |  Poland | US$2bn | 3.2% |
| 9 | United Kingdom | US$2bn | 3% |
| 10 | Canada | US$1bn | 2.3% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$7bn | 11.2% |
| 2 | China | US$4bn | 6.2% |
| 3 | Germany | US$3bn | 5.1% |
| 4 | Netherlands | US$2bn | 3.8% |
| 5 | Canada | US$2bn | 3.4% |
| 6 | United Kingdom | US$2bn | 3.4% |
| 7 |  South Korea | US$2bn | 3.1% |
| 8 | France | US$2bn | 2.6% |
| 9 |  Australia | US$2bn | 2.5% |
| 10 |  Hong Kong SAR China | US$1bn | 2.3% |
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
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- Classification · Applies from:
CELEX 32026R0360 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
In the UK Global Tariff, heading 2106 covers 41 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 16%. 6 of them are duty-free. 9 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides heading 2106 into 9 tariff lines; the duty is 12.8%. 7 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, heading 2106 covers 14 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 58.5%. 2 of them are duty-free. 1 line has a specific or compound duty.
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States divides heading 2106 into 43 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 10% (average 8.3%). 1 of them is duty-free. 28 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the Customs Tariff of Canada, heading 2106 covers 36 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 11%. 8 of them are duty-free. 5 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The Mexican Tariff (TIGIE) divides heading 2106 into 15 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 156% (average 23.9%). 1 of them is duty-free. 2 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC), heading 2106 covers 9 tariff lines and the duty is between 12.6% and 16.2%.
The Argentine Tariff (NCM-SIM) divides heading 2106 into 24 tariff lines; the duty is between 12.6% and 18% (average 15%).
In the Customs Tariff of Peru, heading 2106 covers 18 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 6%. 15 of them are duty-free.
The Working Tariff Document of New Zealand divides heading 2106 into 40 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 5% (average 2.1%). 20 of them are duty-free. 6 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, heading 2106 covers 51 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 28%. 1 of them is duty-free. 17 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan divides heading 2106 into 24 tariff lines; the duty is between 1% and 35% (average 16.2%). 1 line has a specific or compound duty.
In the GCC Common Customs Tariff, heading 2106 covers 34 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 5%. 1 of them is duty-free.
In the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) all 31 lines under heading 2106 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
In the Customs Tariff of Norway, heading 2106 covers 15 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 19%. 2 of them are duty-free. 9 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The Customs Tariff of North Macedonia divides heading 2106 into 9 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 20% (average 15.6%). 2 of them are duty-free.
In the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), heading 2106 covers 10 tariff lines and the duty is between 5% and 20%.
World trade in heading 2106 goods reached US$64bn in 2024, up 3.9% on 2023.
The United States was the largest exporter with 13.1% of the total, ahead of Germany.
The United States imported the most (US$7bn).
The United Kingdom ranked 9th among 220 exporters with US$2bn.
The United Kingdom imported US$2bn.
Legal notes
Additional notes
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.
Products classified here
- jelly
- sweet fat
- suet, beef
- coconut milk
- coconut cream
- cheese fondues
- yeast, autolysed
- chlorella capsules
- protein concentrates
- protein hydrolysates
- vitamin food supplements
- table jelly crystals, powders and squares
- fruit squashes, non-alcoholic concentrated
- saccharin - preparations - containing foodstuffs
- food supplements to maintain general health or well being
- sweets, sugarless, containing synthetic sweetening agents
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for food preparations not elsewhere specified or included?
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included fall under HS heading 2106, part of chapter 21, in section IV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on food preparations not elsewhere specified or… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 2106 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 16%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on food preparations not elsewhere specified or… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 2106 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12.8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most food preparations not elsewhere specified or…?
The United States, with US$8bn in 2024 (13.1% of world exports).