UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 2106.90
2106 90 98 36: Other food preparations: Containing less than 70% by weight of sugar: other
Other food preparations
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 2106 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
- 2106 90 00 00 Other
- Other
- 2106 90 98 00 Other
- Containing 26% or more by weight of milkfat
- Other
- Other
- Containing less than 70% by weight of sugar
- 2106 90 98 36 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 3
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota 18%
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota Free
- Applies to goods from
- United States
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
Import requirements 4
- Import controlVeterinary control
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/782
- Documents
- C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
- N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Y058 Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
- Y930 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
- Y931 Goods benefitting from derogation to veterinary controls according to Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630
- 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) | — | 8% |
| 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–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | 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–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–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | 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 agreementQuota | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico | 1.6% |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 4.5% |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | 5.5% |
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 12.8% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · 6× specific or compound duty 
Türkiye 9% – 58.5% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 31.4% · 1× specific or compound duty USA Free – 10% General (MFN) 42 tariff lines · average 8.4% · 28× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free – 10.5% Third-country duty 35 tariff lines · average 5.8% · 5× specific or compound duty 
Mexico 10% – 156% Third-country duty 13 tariff lines · average 26.9% · 2× specific or compound duty 
Brazil 12.6% – 16.2% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 14.2% 
Argentina 12.6% – 18% Third-country duty 20 tariff lines · average 15.4% 
Peru Free – 6% Third-country duty 15 tariff lines · average 1.2% 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 38 tariff lines · average 2% · 6× specific or compound duty 
Japan Free – 28% Third-country duty 43 tariff lines · average 17.4% · 15× specific or compound duty 
Taiwan 1% – 35% Third-country duty 22 tariff lines · average 17.2% · 1× specific or compound duty 
GCC Free – 5% Third-country duty 33 tariff lines · average 4.8% 
Switzerland specific or compound duty Third-country duty 29 tariff lines 
Norway Free – 19% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · average 10.3% · 6× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia 20% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% – 20% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 15.6% UK 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.
- N364947 U.S. CBP
The Tariff Classification of Imitation Meat Products from the United Kingdom
- N364551 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of cooked eggs from South Korea
- N364552 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of cooked quail eggs from South Korea
- N364553 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of cooked quail eggs from South Korea
- 600015459 HMRC
Brewed blood orange flavour preparation. This is a base ingredient for use in the further manufacturing of carbonated non-alcoholic beverages. Ingredients include blood orange concentrate, natural flavouring, citric acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite and ascorbic acid.…
- 600015460 HMRC
Brewed lemonade flavour preparation. This is a base ingredient for use in the further manufacturing of carbonated non-alcoholic beverages. Ingredients include lemonade concentrate, flavouring, citric acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite and ascorbic acid. Not suitable…
- 600016336 HMRC
A honey and ginger beverage preparation, in powder form. The sachet can be used with hot or cold water. The product is packaged in 18g sachets. The sachets are available in cartons of 10 or 20. Ingredients: Cane sugar, ginger extract, honey.
- 600016161 HMRC
Liquid concentrated Omija (Schisandra chinensis) extract with xylose sugar for the manufacture of beverages. Ingredients: Omija (Schisandra chinensis) extract and xylose sugar. Packaged in bulk, 20-litre food-grade tubs.
471 rulings in total for this code
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.
In the UK Global Tariff, 2106 90 98 36 is one of 32 lines under subheading 2106.90, food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: other.
The third-country duty is 8%.
Goods from 173 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 8%; 166 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported other food preparations (HS 2106.90) worth £1.8bn (up 4% on the year before), at an average of £4.16 per kg; Germany supplied 16%, followed by Denmark.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 12.8%, the Türkiye duty is 9%–58.5%, the US duty is 0%–10%, the Canada duty is 0%–10.5%, the Mexico duty is 10%–156%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%–16.2%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%–18%, the Peru duty is 0%–6%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is 0%–28%, the Taiwan duty is 1%–35%, the GCC duty is 0%–5%, the Norway duty is 0%–19%, the North Macedonia duty is 20% and the Nigeria duty is 5%–20%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 2106.90 worth US$2bn in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 2106 90 98 36?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 8%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 2106 90 98 36?
173 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 166 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 98 36?
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$324m), 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.