Subheading · Section IV

2106.10: Protein concentrates and textured protein substances

2106.10
  • 0%–12%UK
  • 12.8%EU
  • 75%Türkiye
  • 6.4%USA
  • US$3bnWorld trade in 2024

Subheading 2106.10 belongs to heading 2106 (food preparations not elsewhere specified or included) in chapter 21.

The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 2106.10 into 9 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 12% (average 4%). 6 of them are duty-free.

In the EU Combined Nomenclature, subheading 2106.10 covers 2 tariff lines and the duty is 12.8%. 1 line has a specific or compound duty.

The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides subheading 2106.10 into 4 tariff lines; the statutory rate is 75%.

Subheading 2106.10 is a single line in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, where the duty is 6.4%.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$3bn (+3.5% year on year).

The largest exporter was the United States (US$744.3m), followed by China.

The biggest buyer was Germany, with imports of US$235.2m.

The United Kingdom ranked 5th among 166 exporters with US$157.7m; its largest buyer was the Netherlands.

The United Kingdom imported US$127.3m, most of it from the United States.

Duty rates compared

UK Free – 12% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · average 4% EU 12.8% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty Türkiye 75% Statutory rate (Law 474) 4 tariff lines USA 6.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.

UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 2106 10 00 00 Protein concentrates and textured protein substances
  2. 2106 10 20 00 Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1.5% milkfat, 5% sucrose or isoglucose, 5% glucose or starch 12%
  3. 2106 10 20 20 Soya protein concentrate having a protein content by weight, calculated on a dry weight basis, of 65% or more but not more than 90% in powder or textured form 12%
  4. 2106 10 20 40 High protein content pea protein, which contains more than 65 percent protein on a dry weight basis, encompassing all types of pea protein derived from peas (including, but not limited to, yellow field peas and green field peas), in all physical forms (including solid (e.g. powder) and liquid (solution) forms), whether textured or not 12%
  5. 2106 10 20 90 Other 12%
  6. 2106 10 80 00 Other Free
  7. Containing more than 1% milk fats, 1% other fats or more than 5% sugars Free
  8. Containing less than 65% by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheading 1701 91 to 1701 99 Free
  9. 2106 10 80 31 High protein content pea protein, which contains more than 65 percent protein on a dry weight basis, encompassing all types of pea protein derived from peas (including, but not limited to, yellow field peas and green field peas), in all physical forms (including solid (e.g. powder) and liquid (solution) forms), whether textured or not Free
  10. 2106 10 80 35 Other Free
  11. Other Free
  12. 2106 10 80 39 High protein content pea protein, which contains more than 65 percent protein on a dry weight basis, encompassing all types of pea protein derived from peas (including, but not limited to, yellow field peas and green field peas), in all physical forms (including solid (e.g. powder) and liquid (solution) forms), whether textured or not Free
  13. 2106 10 80 40 Other Free
  14. Other Free
  15. 2106 10 80 71 High protein content pea protein, which contains more than 65 percent protein on a dry weight basis, encompassing all types of pea protein derived from peas (including, but not limited to, yellow field peas and green field peas), in all physical forms (including solid (e.g. powder) and liquid (solution) forms), whether textured or not Free
  16. 2106 10 80 79 Other Free

EU Combined Nomenclature

EU lines →
  1. 2106 10 Protein concentrates and textured protein substances:
  2. 2106 10 20 Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch 12.8%—
  3. 2106 10 80 Other EA—

Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule

Türkiye lines →

This line has no official text in this language; it is shown in the language of its tariff.

  1. 2106.10 Protein konsantreleri ve protein bünyeli maddeler:
  2. Katı süt yağı, sakkaroz, izoglikoz, glikoz veya nişasta içermeyen veya ağırlık itibariyle % 1,5 'ten az katı süt yağı, % 5'ten az sakkaroz veya izoglikoz, % 5'ten az glikoz veya nişasta içerenler
  3. 2106.10.20.00.11 Diyet mamaları 75%
  4. 2106.10.20.00.19 Diğerleri 75%
  5. Diğerleri
  6. 2106.10.80.00.11 Diyet mamaları 75%
  7. 2106.10.80.00.19 Diğerleri 75%

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

USA lines →
  1. 2106.10.00.00 Protein concentrates and textured protein substances 6.4%kg

Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).

World trade in 2024

2106.10 · US$3bn

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$211.3kUS$211.3k+US$8.2m+US$51.8m+> US$157.7m

Exports: 166
  1. United States: US$744.3m
  2. China: US$304.4m
  3. Netherlands: US$295.1m
  4. Germany: US$187.1m
  5. United Kingdom: US$157.7m
  6. Spain: US$90.5m
  7. Serbia: US$80.5m
  8. Brazil: US$77.6m
  9. Denmark: US$74m
  10. Czechia: US$67.4m
  11. Canada: US$66.8m
  12. Belgium: US$66.6m
  13. France: US$66.6m
  14. Slovakia: US$66.1m
  15. India: US$52.9m
  16. New Zealand: US$51.8m
  17. Hungary: US$50.3m
  18. Italy: US$48.1m
  19. Poland: US$47.9m
  20. Ireland: US$44.6m
  21. South Africa: US$34.7m
  22. Argentina: US$32.7m
  23. Singapore: US$24.6m
  24. Australia: US$20m
  25. Greece: US$19.8m
  26. Sweden: US$18.4m
  27. Japan: US$17.6m
  28. Austria: US$17.1m
  29. Taiwan: US$16.7m
  30. South Korea: US$13.4m
  31. Malaysia: US$11.6m
  32. Bulgaria: US$11.6m
  33. Romania: US$11.4m
  34. Norway: US$9.4m
  35. Türkiye: US$9.3m
  36. Portugal: US$9.3m
  37. Costa Rica: US$9m
  38. Slovenia: US$8.3m
  39. Philippines: US$8.2m
  40. Thailand: US$7.4m
  41. Kazakhstan: US$7.3m
  42. Russia: US$5.2m
  43. Lithuania: US$4.8m
  44. Switzerland: US$4.3m
  45. Mexico: US$4.1m
  46. Pakistan: US$4m
  47. Finland: US$3.3m
  48. Latvia: US$3.1m
  49. Albania: US$2.6m
  50. Luxembourg: US$2.3m
  51. Vietnam: US$2.1m
  52. Israel: US$2.1m
  53. Croatia: US$1.9m
  54. Moldova: US$1.8m
  55. Estonia: US$1.6m
  56. Malta: US$1.3m
  57. Cyprus: US$1.2m
  58. United Arab Emirates: US$1.2m
  59. Sri Lanka: US$957k
  60. Hong Kong SAR China: US$842.9k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 United States US$744.3m 24.7%
2 China US$304.4m 10.1%
3 Netherlands US$295.1m 9.8%
4 Germany US$187.1m 6.2%
5 United Kingdom US$157.7m 5.2%
6 Spain US$90.5m 3%
7 Serbia US$80.5m 2.7%
8 Brazil US$77.6m 2.6%
9 Denmark US$74m 2.5%
10 Czechia US$67.4m 2.2%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 Germany US$235.2m 7.8%
2 Netherlands US$192.2m 6.4%
3 Canada US$189.1m 6.3%
4 United States US$157.7m 5.2%
5 United Kingdom US$127.3m 4.2%
6 Spain US$125.7m 4.2%
7 Mexico US$111.8m 3.7%
8 France US$98.1m 3.3%
9 South Korea US$97.6m 3.2%
10 United Arab Emirates US$82.5m 2.7%

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.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for protein concentrates and textured protein substances?

Protein concentrates and textured protein substances fall under HS subheading 2106.10, part of heading 2106, in section IV of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on protein concentrates and textured protein… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 2106.10 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 12%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on protein concentrates and textured protein… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 2106.10 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 protein concentrates and textured protein…?

The United States, with US$744.3m in 2024 (24.7% of world exports).