HS Code 210690: 42 US Lines, 28 Specific Duties to Check
Last updated October 29, 2026·Data as-of: HTS 2026-10-19 / Section 301 2026-10-16 / AD-CVD 2026-10-16
Short answer: HS 210690 — food preparations not elsewhere specified — is the subheading supplements, blends and concentrates land in, and it is a duty minefield: 28 of its 59 formatted US lines are charged per kilogram or as a compound rate rather than as a percentage, while 41 of 42 eight-digit codes (97.6%) carry a Section 301 action at 7.5%.*
What HS code 210690 covers
2106.90 is where edible products go when no named food subheading claims them: protein concentrates, blended supplements, beverage bases, enzyme preparations. The schedule does not treat that as one product family — it slices the subheading with tariff-rate quotas and agricultural notes, so the entry line often depends on composition percentages rather than on what the product is called.*
The heading is a basket in the technical sense: the six digits fix the product family, and every distinction your invoice needs lives to the right of them. In our US schedule snapshot, 210690 expands to 59 formatted lines that collapse to 42 distinct eight-digit codes — the 42 codes are what a broker will ask you to choose between, and the extra digits distinguish units, uses and statutory notes.
How the heading splits: 42 eight-digit codes
The table lists every eight-digit code under the heading with its published general rate and, where one applies, the Section 301 action heading and rate that stacks on top. Reading the two rate columns together is the difference between a duty estimate and a guess.
The last column folds the Section 301 action and the stacked rate into one cell so the table stays readable on a phone.
| HTS line | Description | General | 301 action (stacked) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2106.90.03 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 2.9¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.06 | Described in additional U.S. note 10 to chapter 4 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 2.9¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.09 | Other | 86.2¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.12 | Containing not over 20 percent of alcohol by weight | 4.2¢/kg + 1.9% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.15 | Containing over 20 percent but not over 50 percent of alcohol by weight | 8.4¢/kg + 1.9% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.18 | Containing over 50 percent of alcohol by weight | 17¢/kg + 1.9% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.22 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 15.4¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.24 | Described in additional U.S. note 14 to chapter 4 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 15.4¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.26 | Other | $1.996/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.28 | Other | 13.1¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.32 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 15.4¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.34 | Described in additional U.S. note 14 to chapter 4 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 15.4¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.36 | Other | $1.996/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.38 | Other | 13.1¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.39 | Artificially sweetened cough drops | Free | no 301 action |
| 2106.90.42 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg of total sugars | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.44 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to chapter 17 andentered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg of total sugars | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.46 | Other | 35.74¢/kg | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.48 | Orange juice | 7.85¢/liter | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.52 | Juice of any single fruit or vegetable | The rate applicable to the natural juice in heading 2009 | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.54 | Mixtures of juices | The rate applicable to the natural juice in heading 2009 | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.58 | Of gelatin | 4.8% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 12.3% |
| 2106.90.62 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.64 | Described in additional U.S. note 10 to chapter 4 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.66 | Other | 70.4¢/kg + 8.5% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.68 | Described in additional U.S. note 9 to chapter 17 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.72 | Other | 70.4¢/kg + 8.5% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.74 | Described in additional U.S. note 7 to chapter 17 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.76 | Other | 70.4¢/kg + 8.5% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.78 | Described in additional U.S. note 8 to chapter 17 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.80 | Other | 70.4¢/kg + 8.5% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.82 | Other | 6.4% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 13.9% |
| 2106.90.83 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.85 | Described in additional U.S. note 10 to chapter 4 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.87 | Other | 28.8¢/kg + 8.5% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.89 | Described in additional U.S. note 9 to chapter 17 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.91 | Other | 28.8¢/kg + 8.5% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.92 | Described in additional U.S. note 7 to chapter 17 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.94 | Other | 28.8¢/kg + 8.5% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.95 | Described in additional U.S. note 8 to chapter 17 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 10% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 17.5% |
| 2106.90.97 | Other | 28.8¢/kg + 8.5% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% |
| 2106.90.99 | Other | 6.4% | 9903.88.15 @ 7.5% = 13.9% |
Source: Recomputed from data/hts.json joined to data/section301_origin.json — https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0100&to=9999&format=JSON&styles=false (fetched 2026-10-19).
The split is unusually wide for a residual line: the codes are distinguished by whether the preparation contains milk solids, alcohol, added sugar or specified sweeteners, because each of those pulls in a different note. A 3% difference in a formulation ingredient can move the entry from a percentage duty to a per-kilogram duty.*
The duty spread: 4.8% to 10%*
Across the 42 eight-digit codes, 1 carry a Free general rate and 30 carry an ad valorem rate between 4.8% and 10% (median 6.4%). 28 lines are charged on a specific or compound basis — cents per kilogram, or a compound rate — and those are the ones a percentage calculator silently gets wrong.*
This is the heading where a percentage-only calculator fails quietly. Of the 59 formatted lines, 28 carry a specific or compound rate — cents per kilogram or a compound of cents plus a percentage — and those entries come back stamped with a per-unit charge that no ad valorem estimate predicts.
| General-rate bucket | Eight-digit codes | What it means on entry |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 | no ad valorem duty from the schedule |
| ad valorem 0.1%-5.0% | 5 | percentage of customs value |
| ad valorem above 5.0% | 25 | percentage of customs value |
| specific or compound | 28 | charged by weight or as cents plus percent |
Source: Rate buckets recomputed from data/hts.json records under the heading — https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0100&to=9999&format=JSON&styles=false (fetched 2026-10-19).
Section 301 overlay: 41 of 42 eight-digit codes (97.6%)*
The Section 301 picture here is almost uniform: four codes in five are enumerated, nearly all at 7.5% under one action heading. That uniformity is useful — it means the 301 decision is rarely the swing factor, and the classification decision almost always is.*
| Section 301 action heading | Additional rate | Eight-digit codes under it |
|---|---|---|
| 9903.88.15 | 7.5% | 41 |
Source: Per-code Section 301 enumeration extracted into data/section301_origin.json — https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/file?release=currentRelease&filename=Chapter%2099 (fetched 2026-10-16).
Nationally the same programme covers 91.5% of the 11,414 eight-digit lines in our snapshot; the heading you are reading sits above that average, which is worth knowing before you assume a sourcing switch will save duty.*
Anti-dumping and countervailing exposure
One case number in our Federal Register table lists 210690, so the anti-dumping layer is rare on food preparations compared with industrial inputs.
Six-digit codes in our Federal Register case table: 1 case numbers list 210690 as a candidate code (AD 1).
Classification disputes: 8 CBP rulings touch this heading
Eight rulings in our CROSS sample start from this subheading, most of them about dessert preparations and classification protests — the disputes turn on composition, not on use.
| CBP ruling | Issued | Subject (CROSS title, truncated) |
|---|---|---|
| 873151 | 1992-04-30 | The tariff classification of dessert premixes from G |
| D89989 | 1999-04-23 | The tariff classification of marmalade, jams and pre |
| 562610 | 2003-03-19 | Advance Ruling Request for Tariff Classification and |
Source: Sampled from data/cross_rulings_full.json where hs8_prefixes start with this heading — https://rulings.cbp.gov/api/ (fetched 2026-10-29).
Rulings are the closest thing to a precedent system US classification has: a published ruling on a comparable article is the strongest support available for the line you declare, and it costs nothing to cite one on your entry file.
Six digits, ten digits, and the note that decides
Both 2106.90.99 and 2106.90.97 exist in the US schedule, which is unusual among our five pages and explains part of the query volume: searchers are carrying a ten-digit number from somewhere and want to know what it means. The answer is a rate plus a note reference — several of these lines read 'described in general note 15' rather than carrying a standalone percentage.*
How to read the rate column on this heading
Three kinds of entry appear in the tables above and each needs a different arithmetic. Ad valorem lines are a percentage of the customs value and multiply cleanly. Free lines owe nothing from the schedule — 1 of the 42 codes here — but still owe the entry fee stack. Specific and compound lines are charged by weight or as cents plus a percentage; this heading has 28 of them, and a calculator that only understands percentages will report zero duty on those lines, which is the single most expensive silent failure in tariff tooling. The “stacked” column adds the Section 301 rate to the general rate only when both are ad valorem; where the general rate is specific, the two do not simply add.What this page does not measure
This page reports the schedule as extracted on the date in the header, plus the Section 301 enumeration and the CBP ruling and AD/CVD samples described above. It does not report search volume, CBP processing times, or examination rates — we hold no dataset for any of the three, and inventing a number for them would be the one thing a sourced page cannot do. Absence of an AD/CVD case or a ruling on this subheading means absence from the extractions we hold, not absence from the world; both tables record their own fetch dates so the gap is visible rather than implied.What to check next
For food preparations, start from the ingredient composition, not the marketing name: the note reference in the schedule line tells you which percentage decides your rate.
Three checks settle most of the cost before you speak to anyone: run the code and origin through the landed-cost calculator, confirm the eight-digit line against the HTS browser, and check the code-and-country pair in the AD/CVD case table. The raw files behind all three are published under datasets.
What is HS code 210690?
HS 2106.90 is a six-digit subheading of the US tariff schedule that expands into 42 eight-digit codes and 59 formatted lines in our snapshot; the six digits fix the product family and the digits to the right fix the rate.*
How many US tariff lines are under 210690?
59 formatted lines, collapsing to 42 distinct eight-digit codes — that second number is the one a broker needs from you.
What duty rate applies to 210690?
28 of the 59 formatted lines are charged per kilogram or as a compound rate; the ad valorem lines run 4.8% to 10% (median 6.4%), and 1 line is Free.*
Is 210690 subject to Section 301?
41 of the 42 eight-digit codes under this subheading (97.6%) are enumerated under a China Section 301 action heading in our snapshot, at the rates listed in the table above.*
Can I declare 210690 directly?
No. Only a complete HTS line (eight or ten digits, depending on the line) can be declared; the six-digit subheading is a lookup key, not an entry line.