HS Code Detail
210690 Chapter 21 · Food Misc Food preparations not elsewhere specified
Six-digit subheading in Food Misc, chapter 21 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 5 destination markets.
Anatomy of 210690
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 210690: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what a rate can differ on, though none of the 5 destinations below charges this subheading as a percentage at all.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 5 countries| Country | Duty | VAT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦Canada | Not a % | 5% | |
| Official duty for Canada
The Canada schedule has 22 national lines under this code and 10 different rate texts; 7 more are not listed here. Read it at the official tariff. | |||
| 🇩🇪Germany | Not a % | 19% | |
| Official duty for Germany
The Germany schedule has 32 national lines under this code and 7 different rate texts; 4 more are not listed here. Read it at the official tariff. | |||
| 🇵🇹Portugal | Not a % | 23% | |
| Official duty for Portugal
The Portugal schedule has 32 national lines under this code and 7 different rate texts; 4 more are not listed here. Read it at the official tariff. | |||
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Not a % | 20% | |
| Official duty for United Kingdom
The United Kingdom schedule has 32 national lines under this code and 7 different rate texts; 4 more are not listed here. Read it at the official tariff. | |||
| 🇺🇸United States | Not a % | 0% | |
| Official duty for United States
The United States schedule has 42 national lines under this code and 18 different rate texts; 15 more are not listed here. Read it at the official tariff. | |||
Canada, Germany, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States charge this code by the hectolitre, the item or the kilogram rather than on its value, sometimes alongside a percentage, which is why the duty column reads Not a % there; a charge of that kind cannot be shown as a single percentage, so none is shown, the calculator does not estimate it, and the official wording is under each of those rows.
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 7 September 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 210690 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=2106.90 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=21&to=22&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned the official wording "2.9¢/kg ; 86.2¢/kg ; 4.2¢/kg + 1.9% ; 8.4¢/kg + 1.9% ; 17¢/kg + 1.9% ; 15.4¢/kg ; $1.996/kg ; 13.1¢/kg ; Free ; 3.6606¢/kg of total sugars ; 35.74¢/kg ; 7.85¢/liter ; The rate applicable to the natural juice in heading 2009 ; 4.8% ; 10% ; 70.4¢/kg + 8.5% ; 6.4% ; 28.8¢/kg + 8.5%". The United States International Trade Commission is the only body that publishes this schedule. The second reading was taken in a different format to check the reading, not to corroborate the schedule, because there is no second schedule to corroborate it against. Retrieved text: 2106.90.03.00 2.9¢/kg; 2106.90.06.00 2.9¢/kg; 2106.90.09.00 86.2¢/kg; 2106.90.12.00 4.2¢/kg + 1.9%; 2106.90.15.00 8.4¢/kg + 1.9%; 2106.90.18.00 17¢/kg + 1.9%; 2106.90.22.00 15.4¢/kg; 2106.90.24.00 15.4¢/kg; 2106.90.26.00 $1.996/kg; 2106.90.28.00 13.1¢/kg; 2106.90.32.00 15.4¢/kg; 2106.90.34.00 15.4¢/kg; 2106.90.36.00 $1.996/kg; 2106.90.38.00 13.1¢/kg; 2106.90.39.00 Free; 2106.90.42.00 3.6606¢/kg of
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 210690 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/2106902010 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Both returned the official wording "16.00 % ; 35.00 GBP / 100 kg/net mas ; 11.00 GBP / 100 kg ; 16.00 GBP / 100 kg ; 0.30 GBP / 100 kg/net/%sacchar. ; 12.00 % ; 8.00 %". The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 2106902010 16.00 %; 2106902090 16.00 %; 2106903010 35.00 GBP / 100 kg/net mas; 2106903090 35.00 GBP / 100 kg/net mas; 2106905110 11.00 GBP / 100 kg; 2106905190 11.00 GBP / 100 kg; 2106905510 16.00 GBP / 100 kg; 2106905590 16.00 GBP / 100 kg; 2106905910 0.30 GBP / 100 kg/net/%sacchar.; 2106905992 0.30 GBP / 100 kg/net/%sacchar.; 2106905999 0.30 GBP / 100 kg/net/%sacchar.; 2106909240 12.00 %; 210690
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 210690 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch21-eng.html and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned the official wording "Free ; 6% ; 5% ; 212% but not less than $2.11/kg ; 8% ; 6.68¢/kg ; $1.45/kg ; 7% ; 274.5% but not less than $2.88/kg ; 10.5%". The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 2106.90.10 Free; 2106.90.21 6%; 2106.90.29 6%; 2106.90.31 5%; 2106.90.32 212% but not less than $2.11/kg; 2106.90.33 5%; 2106.90.34 212% but not less than $2.11/kg; 2106.90.35 8%; 2106.90.39 8%; 2106.90.41 6%; 2106.90.42 6%; 2106.90.51 6.68¢/kg; 2106.90.52 $1.45/kg; 2106.90.91 Free; 2106.90.92 Free; 2106.90.93 7%; 2106.90.94 274.5% but not less than $2.88/kg; 2106.90.95 8%; 2106.90.96 Free; 2106.9
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 210690 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/2106902010 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=210690&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned the official wording "17.30 % MIN 1.00 EUR / % vol/hl ; 42.70 EUR / 100 kg/net mas ; 14.00 EUR / 100 kg ; 20.00 EUR / 100 kg ; 0.40 EUR / 100 kg/net/%sacchar. ; 12.80 % ; 9.00 % + EA". The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 2106902010 17.30 % MIN 1.00 EUR / % vol/hl; 2106902090 17.30 % MIN 1.00 EUR / % vol/hl; 2106903010 42.70 EUR / 100 kg/net mas; 2106903090 42.70 EUR / 100 kg/net mas; 2106905110 14.00 EUR / 100 kg; 2106905190 14.00 EUR / 100 kg; 2106905510 20.00 EUR / 100 kg; 2106905590 20.00 EUR / 100 kg; 2106905910 0.40 EUR / 100 kg/net/%sacchar.; 2106905992 0.40 EUR / 100 kg/net/%sacchar.; 2106905999 0.40 EUR /
Markets with no figure recorded
Australia: Australia splits 2106.90 into 6 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 5%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no Australia figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Re-check first: This is the residual subheading of chapter 21 and the United States prices it across more than forty national lines, several charged per kilogram and one charged at the rate of the juice in heading 2009. Nothing here can be read until the line the preparation falls in has been settled.
What falls under 210690
- Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
- Food supplements, compound preparations for beverage manufacture, syrups, protein powders and blended ingredients
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
300490: Medicaments
This is the boundary that matters most in this subheading and it is decided by function rather than by format. A preparation maintaining general health is a food supplement of 2106; one for treating or preventing a specific disease, with an active ingredient at a therapeutic dose, is a medicament of Chapter 30. Capsules and tablets appear on both sides.
220870: Alcoholic beverage preparations
Compound preparations used for making beverages sit here, but once a preparation is itself an alcoholic drink it belongs in Chapter 22. Concentrates and bases are the difficult case and the alcoholic strength of the preparation as presented is what decides it.
Classification & cost note
This is one of the largest residual subheadings in the entire tariff, holding everything edible that no other heading claims, and residual lines are where uncertain declarations accumulate. That makes two disciplines worth applying. First, arrive here by elimination and be able to say what was eliminated: a product declared under 2106 that is really a chocolate preparation, a coffee extract or a sauce is a misdeclaration, and this heading is checked precisely because it is convenient. Second, the boundary with Chapter 30 is a live question for anything in capsule or tablet form, and it turns on whether the product treats a condition or supports general health. Food supplements also face national composition and claims rules that vary widely, so a formulation lawful in one market may not be placed on sale in another.
Typical products: Vitamin and mineral food supplements · Protein and meal replacement powders · Compound preparations for beverage manufacture · Flavoured syrups for drinks · Blended food ingredients for manufacturing · Sweetener preparations for retail
What the notes to section IV say
Chapter 21 sits in section IV, prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; Products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; Other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the one reaching chapter 21 names no heading this site holds a code under, and it is quoted whole on the chapter 21 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/4 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 2106
210690 is a subheading of 2106, food preparations not elsewhere specified or included , and it is the only code this site holds under that heading.
No numbered note to chapter 21 takes heading 2106 as its subject, which is what the published notes say rather than a gap on this page: the heading is defined by its own wording above and by the note to the chapter, quoted in full on the chapter 21 page.
Read from the notes to chapter 21 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/21, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/2106, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 21 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 210690
Is a vitamin capsule a food or a medicine?
It depends on function, not format. A preparation supporting general health is a food supplement of heading 2106, while one treating or preventing a specific disease at a therapeutic dose is a medicament of Chapter 30. Both come in capsules.
Why is this subheading scrutinised?
Because it is residual and convenient. It holds everything edible no other heading claims, so uncertain declarations accumulate here and authorities check whether a more specific heading was available.
Can one supplement be sold everywhere?
Not necessarily. Composition limits and permitted health claims for supplements differ substantially between markets, so a formulation lawful in one may not be placed on sale in another regardless of its classification.
Codes in nearby chapters
Chapter 21 holds 2 subheadings on this site, so these are the closest chapters by number rather than codes for similar goods.
Related codes in Chapter 21
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