Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 2106.90

2106.90.80

2106.90.80: Articles containing over 10 percent by dry weight of sugar: other

Other food preparations

Not declarable on its own: use one of its 1 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 22 October 2026

  1. 2106 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
  2. 2106.90 Other:
  3. Other:
  4. Other:
  5. Containing over 10 percent by weight of milk solids
  6. Other:
  7. Articles containing over 10 percent by dry weight of sugar described in additional U.S. note 3 to chapter 17:
  8. 2106.90.80 Other

What you pay

Importing into USA

Customs duty 70.4¢/kg + 8.5% standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure
VAT no federal VAT; a Merchandise Processing Fee of 0.3464 % is charged on formal entries
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US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.

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 1

  • Additional dutySection 301 — China — technology transfer, IP and innovation (2018 actions and 2024 four-year review) 7.5%
    Applies to goods from
    China
    In force
    from 1 September 2019
    Legal act
    HTSUS 9903.88.15

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
General (MFN)—70.4¢/kg + 8.5%
US–Bahrain FTA BHBahrainFree
US–Chile FTA CLChileFree
US–Jordan FTA JOJordanFree
US–Korea FTA KRSouth KoreaFree
US–Oman FTA OMOmanFree
US–Singapore FTA SGSingaporeFree
CAFTA-DR PCosta Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaSee 9822.05.20
US–Peru TPA PEPeruSee 9822.06.10
US–Colombia TPA COColombiaSee 9822.08.01
US–Panama TPA PAPanamaSee 9822.09.17
USMCA SCanada, MexicoSee 9823.10.01-9823.10.45
US–Morocco FTA MAMoroccoSee 9822.03.01
Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus82.8¢/kg + 10%

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

Footnotes

  • 9904.17.49 Valued less than 5¢/kg
  • 9904.17.65 Provided for in subheading 2106.90.97

Same subheading in other tariffs

2106.90 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: other

UK 8% – 16% Third-country duty 32 tariff lines · average 9.7% · 9× specific or compound duty 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 lines: 2106.90

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.

  • N328802 U.S. CBP 10 November 2022 · 2106.90.80.00

    The tariff classification of a food ingredient from Argentina

  • N305278 U.S. CBP 30 July 2019 · 2106.90.80.00

    The tariff classification and status under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for cappuccino toppings from Canada

  • N291147 U.S. CBP 21 November 2017 · 2106.90.80.00

    The tariff classification and status under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of a confectionery coating product from Canada; Article 509

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.

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HTS code 2106.90.80 is a line of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under HS subheading 2106.90 (food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: other).

The general duty is a specific or compound duty: 70.4¢/kg + 8.5%.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 8%–16%, the EU duty is 12.8% and the Türkiye duty is 9%–58.5%.

The United States imported goods of subheading 2106.90 worth US$7bn in 2024; the largest supplier was Singapore.

Questions and answers

What is the USA import duty for HTS code 2106.90.80?

The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 70.4¢/kg + 8.5%; the supplementary unit is kg, kg cmsc. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Is there a lower rate for 2106.90.80 under US trade agreements?

Yes. The Special column reads “Free (BH, CL, JO, KR, OM, SG) See 9822.05.20 (P+) See 9822.06.10 (PE) See 9822.08.01 (CO) See 9822.09.17 (PA) See 9823.10.01-9823.10.45 (S+) See 9822.03.01(MA)”: the letters in brackets name the agreements and programmes that grant it.

Where does the United States import these goods from?

For subheading 2106.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Singapore (US$2.7bn), followed by Canada.

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Everyday names, not part of the legal text.