Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan · statistical code · HS 2103.20
2103.20.090: 2 Other tomato sauces
Tomato ketchup and sauces
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, in force from 8 August 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 2103 Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
- 2103.20 Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
- 2103.20.090 2 Other tomato sauces
What you pay
Importing into Japan
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
2103.20 Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
UK 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU 10.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 10.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA 6% – 11.6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 8.8% 
Canada 12.5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Mexico 20% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Brazil 14.4% – 16.2% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 15.3% 
Argentina 16% – 18% General (MFN) 8 tariff lines · average 17.8% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 12.5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Switzerland specific or compound duty General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · 2× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia 30% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 35% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan lines: 2103.20
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.
- N343934 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a sauce from Spain
- H317626 U.S. CBP
Revocation of HQ H259324, HQ H258812, NY 856914, and HQ 085838; Modification of NY N195658, NY D88850, NY 890395, and HQ 088976; Classification of sauces; Revocation by operation of law; Mondiv, Div. of Lassonde Specialties Inc. v. United States, 329 F. Supp. 3d 1331 (Ct. Int’l Trade 2018); Mild…
- N302829 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a chopped tomato product from Italy
- N272808 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a tomato product from Italy
- 600014563 HMRC
Brown Sauce Packaged in a 290ml bottle with metal lid
- 600014564 HMRC
A tomato ketchup. The product is of a smooth consistency with no lumps. Packaged in a 290ml bottle with metal lid.
- 600011049 HMRC
Product is a 650g bottle of tomato ketchup. It is made from Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Vinegar, Salt and Flavouring. Packaged in a transparent squeezy plastic bottle with a white plastic dispenser lid. Tomato ketchup is a sauce made from tomatoes with a smooth consistency and no lumps.
- 600011050 HMRC
Product is a 650g bottle of tomato ketchup. It is made from Tomato paste, Sugar, Salt, White vinegar, Flavouring and Water. Packaged in a transparent squeezy plastic bottle with a white plastic dispenser lid. Tomato ketchup is a sauce made from tomatoes with a smooth consistency and no lumps.
9 rulings in total for this code
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.
In the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, 2103.20.090 is one of 2 lines under subheading 2103.20, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces.
The applied rate is 17%, and quantities are declared in L, KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 10%, the EU duty is 10.2%, the Türkiye duty is 10.2%, the US duty is 6%–11.6%, the Canada duty is 12.5%, 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 Taiwan duty is 12.5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 30% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.
Japan imported goods of subheading 2103.20 worth US$28m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the Japan import duty for statistical code 2103.20.090?
The applied rate in the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan is 17%; the supplementary unit is L, KG. 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 Japan import these goods from?
For subheading 2103.20 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$13m), followed by Thailand.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.