UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 2106.90
2106 90 20 90: Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based: other
Other food preparations
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 22 October 2026
- 2106 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
- 2106 90 00 00 Other
- 2106 90 20 00 Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages
- 2106 90 20 90 Other
What you pay
Importing into UK
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- Excise dutyExcises
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
Import requirements 3
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on luxury goods
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- 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 Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/693
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 16% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | 8% |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico | 9.6% |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 12.1% |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | 12.1% |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | 16% |
Footnotes
TN207 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 impose tr…
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of:
(a) the execution until 26 September 2014, of trade contracts concluded before 25 June 2014, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal persons, entity or body seeking to perform the contract have notified, at least 10 working days in advance, the activity or transaction to the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.
(b) goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 374/2014, as retained in UK Law, or in accordance with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
UK: imports by month · HS 2106.90
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany | £276.5m | 15.7% | +5% |
 Denmark | £183.5m | 10.4% | -13.5% |
 Ireland | £152.8m | 8.7% | -7.2% |
 Netherlands | £149.3m | 8.5% | -3.3% |
 France | £117.8m | 6.7% | +2.8% |
 United States | £113.5m | 6.4% | +30.8% |
 Italy | £88.6m | 5% | +8.5% |
 Belgium | £88.6m | 5% | +19.6% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
2106.90 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: other
EU
TürkiyeUK lines: 2106.90
- 2106 90 20 10Containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99
- 2106 90 20 90Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based: other
- 2106 90 30 10Containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99
- 2106 90 30 90Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups: isoglucose syrups, other
- 2106 90 51 10Containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99
- 2106 90 51 90Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups: other, lactose syrup, other
- 2106 90 55 10Containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99
- 2106 90 55 90Glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup: other
- 2106 90 59 10Containing 70% or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
- 2106 90 59 92Containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99
- 2106 90 59 99Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups: other, other, other, other
- 2106 90 92 40Hydrolysates of proteins and autolysates of yeast
- 2106 90 92 50Casein protein hydrolysate consisting of: - by weight 20% or more but not more than 70% free amino acids, and - peptones of which by weight more than 90% having a molecular weight of not more than 2000 da
- 2106 90 92 55Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose: calcium carbonate
- 2106 90 92 65Erythritol in blends with less than 10% of other products
- 2106 90 92 75High 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
- 2106 90 92 85Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose: other, other
- 2106 90 98 15Erythritol in blends with less than 10% of other products
- 2106 90 98 26Of a kind used in drink industries containing 70% or more by weight of sucrose/isosucrose
- 2106 90 98 28Containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99
- 2106 90 98 30Containing less than 70% by weight of sugar: other
- 2106 90 98 33In immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less: other, other
- 2106 90 98 34Of a kind used in drink industries containing 70% or more by weight of sucrose/isosucrose
- 2106 90 98 35Containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99
- 2106 90 98 36Containing less than 70% by weight of sugar: other
- 2106 90 98 38Containing 26% or more by weight of milkfat: other, other, other
- 2106 90 98 42Containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99
- 2106 90 98 43Containing 60% or more by weight of sucrose: other
- 2106 90 98 49Containing less than 70% by weight of sucrose: other
- 2106 90 98 53Of a kind used in drink industries
- 2106 90 98 60Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: other, other, other, other, other, other, calcium carbonate
- 2106 90 98 69Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: other, other, other, other, other, other, other
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.
- 600014238 HMRC
A concentrated squash which is intended to be mixed with water by the end user before consumption. It contains the following ingredients: lime juice from concentrate, water, acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrate), natural citrus flavouring with other natural flavourings, sweeteners…
- 600014239 HMRC
A concentrated flavoured squash which is intended to be mixed with water by the end user before consumption. The flavour of this squash is peach, mango and passion fruit. It contains the following ingredients: water, fruit juices from concentrate (orange, peach, passion fruit, mango), acid (citric…
- 600014227 HMRC
A concentrated lemonade preparation. It is intended to be used in food and drink service outlets, where it is mixed with carbonated water in a dispensing unit before being sold to customers. Ingredients: water, lemon juice from concentrate, acid (citric acid), flavouring, acidity regulator (sodium…
- 600014228 HMRC
A concentrated lemonade preparation. It is intended to be used in food and drink service outlets, where it is mixed with carbonated water in a dispensing unit before being sold to customers. Ingredients: water, lemon juice from concentrate, acid (citric acid), flavouring, acidity regulator (sodium…
- 600014230 HMRC
A concentrated lemonade preparation. It is intended to be used in food and drink service outlets, where it is mixed with carbonated water in a dispensing unit before being sold to customers. Ingredients: water, lemon juice from concentrate, acid (citric acid), flavouring, acidity regulator (sodium…
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.
Commodity code 2106 90 20 90 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 2106.90 (food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: other).
The third-country duty is 16%, and quantities are declared in l alc. 100%.
164 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of 16%.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of other food preparations (HS 2106.90) into the UK came to £1.8bn between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 4% on the year before); Germany supplied 16%, followed by Denmark.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 12.8%, the Türkiye duty is 9%–58.5% and the US duty is 0%–10%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 2106.90 worth US$2.1bn in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 2106 90 20 90?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 16%; the supplementary unit is l alc. 100%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 2106 90 20 90?
172 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 164 of them at 0%, under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union and DCTS Enhanced 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 2106 90 20 90?
Additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
For subheading 2106.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$324.4m), followed by Denmark.
Typical products
- ashwagandha supplement
- chewing gum (sugar free)
- cordials, non-alcoholic concentrates
- energy gel, supplement
- fish collagen tablets
- mincemeat
- multi vitamins, gummies
- protein bites, vegetarian
- sweeteners
- tofu
- vanilla flavouring
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.