Miscellaneous edible preparations
Chapter 21 of the Harmonised System covers Miscellaneous edible preparations. It groups 6 four-digit headings used worldwide to classify these goods for customs and duty.
Sourcing this category from India
Products classified under HS 21 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Miscellaneous edible preparations sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.
How to read this code
21 is the two-digit HS chapter. Your destination country extends it to 8–10 digits and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty for many goods — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 21
The Harmonised System breaks Miscellaneous edible preparations into these 6 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Extracts, essences, concentrates of coffee, tea or mate; preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mate; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof
Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading no. 3002); prepared baking powders
Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations
Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoa
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
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