HSN 21 — Miscellaneous Edible Preparations

Description: Miscellaneous edible preparations

Indian GST rate: 18.0%

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Sub-codes

  • 2101 — EXTRACTS, ESSENCES AND CONCENTRATES, OF COFFEE, TEA OR MATE AND PREPAR
  • 2102 — YEASTS (ACTIVE OR INACTIVE); OTHER SINGLE CELL MICRO-ORGANISMS, DEAD (
  • 2103 — SAUCES AND PREPARATIONS THEREFOR, MIXED CONDIMENTS AND MIXED SEASONING
  • 2104 — SOUPS AND BROTHS AND PREPARATIONS THEREFOR; HOMOGENISED COMPOSITE FOOD
  • 2105 — ICECREAM AND OTHER EDIBLE ICE, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING COCOA
  • 2106 — FOOD PREPARATIONS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
  • 2109 — Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
India import policy (DGFT ITC-HS)

Status: not in our table

DGFT's ITC-HS is the authority for 'Freely importable / Restricted / Prohibited / Canalised / STE'. Missing from our table is not the same as 'Free' — check DGFT before a filing.

Source: DGFT ITC-HS schedule (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.762611

Export incentive (RoDTEP / RoSCTL)

No recorded benefit for this HS code in our table. Many codes carry none at all — verify against DGFT's notification before quoting a benefit, because rates change annually.

Source: DGFT RoDTEP/RoSCTL notifications (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.764860

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - decision support only

no CBAM-relevant chapter by heading — still verify code-level CN scope

EU CBAM transitional reporting applied from 1 Oct 2023; the definitive carbon levy phase begins 1 Jan 2026 (subject to ongoing legislative changes).

Source: EU Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM), Annex I (sector list) . reviewed 2026-10-16; CBAM is applied at CN-code level - verify the exact code.

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