Code 2103 90 · Heading 2103

Other sauces, sauce preparations and compound flavourings

This code covers sauces, preparations for making sauces and compound flavourings. It does not cover soy sauce, tomato ketchup or other tomato sauces, mustard flour or prepared mustard.

For example

Béarnaise sauce
Liquid mango chutney

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Official tariff text

Preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal)

How we got to this code

IV
21
2103
2103 90

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Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 6 of 9 chapters in section IV
Is it a coffee, tea or maté extract or preparation; yeast, another inactive single-cell microorganism or prepared baking powder; a sauce or sauce preparation; soup, broth or a preparation for children or dietary use; ice cream; or another prepared food?
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Step 3 · Heading 2103 Sauce and preparations therefor; mixed condiments a… 3 of 6 headings under chapter 21
Is it soy sauce; tomato ketchup or another tomato sauce; mustard flour or prepared mustard; or another sauce, preparation for making sauce or compound flavouring?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2103 90 Preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed … 4 of 4 subheadings under heading 2103
Is the product liquid mango chutney; aromatic bitters with an alcohol content of >= 44,2% vol, but <= 49,2% vol, containing >= 1,5% by weight, but <= 6% by weight, of gentian, spices or other ingredients and containing >= 4% by weight, but <= 10% by weight, of sugar, in containers holding <= 0,5 litre; or another sauce, sauce preparation or compound flavouring?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–7.7%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 10.2%.

2103 10 Soya sauce 7.7%
2103 20 Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces 10.2%
2103 30 Mustard flour and meal, whether or not prepared, and mustard 0.0–9.0%
2103 90 Preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal) you are here 0.0–7.7%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines3 Norwegian lines

21.03.9010 Mayonnaise and remoulades

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 6.0%

Their lines6 British lines

2103 90 10 00 Mango chutney, liquid

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

30.5¢/kg + 6.4%. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines11 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

2103.90.20.00 Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

21.03.9010

Mayonnaise and remoulades

Ordinary duty

2,49 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

1,97 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
21.03.9091

Mango chutney, liquid

Ordinary duty

Duty free
21.03.9099

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

2103 90 10 00

Mango chutney, liquid

Ordinary duty

Duty free
2103 90 30 00

Aromatic bitters of an alcoholic strength by volume of 44,2 to 49,2 % vol containing from 1,5 to 6 % by weight of gentian, spices and various ingredients and from 4 to 10 % of sugar, in containers holding 0,5 litre or less

Ordinary duty

Duty free
2103 90 90 11

Monosodium glutamate in mixture or in solution, containing by dry weight 50 % or more of monosodium glutamate

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2103 90 90 19

Other

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2103 90 90 81

Monosodium glutamate in mixture or in solution, containing by dry weight 50 % or more of monosodium glutamate

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2103 90 90 89

Other

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

2103.90.20.00

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Sauces derived or prepared from fish

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.40.00

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Nonalcoholic preparations of yeast extract (other than sauces)

General rate

3.2%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.72.00

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings described in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter, Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions

General rate

7.5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.74.00

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings described in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter, Described in additional U.S. note 4 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions

General rate

7.5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.78.00

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings described in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter, Other

General rate

30.5¢/kg + 6.4%

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 30.5¢/kg + 6.4%. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where the ordinary duty is lower. The amount depends on the quantity and the customs value, so we do not turn it into a percentage. US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.80.00

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, Other

General rate

6.4%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.90.20

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Mayonnaise

General rate

6.4%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.90.40

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Other salad dressings

General rate

6.4%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

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2103.90.90.51

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Tomato-based preparations for sauces, In containers holding less than 1.4 kg

General rate

6.4%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.90.59

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other, Tomato-based preparations for sauces, Other

General rate

6.4%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
2103.90.90.91

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard, Other

General rate

6.4%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.