Chapter 21 HSN codes: other food preparations

Miscellaneous edible preparations. Every heading in chapter 21 with its GST rate; search any 8-digit code below.

Rates checked · from the official GST notifications

    Rates from the CBIC notifications (9/2025, 10/2025 and 19/2025 for goods; 11/2017 as amended by 15/2025 for services), checked October 2026. Calculate GST

    Headings in chapter 21 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    2101Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and 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 thereof12 tariff items5%
    2102Yeasts (active or inactive); other single cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading 3002); prepared baking powders5 tariff items5%
    2103Sauces and preparations therefor, mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard8 tariff items5%
    2104Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations3 tariff items5%
    2105Icecream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa1 tariff item5%
    2106Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included15 tariff items0% or 5% or 40%
    2109Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal18%

    Where a heading shows two rates, its codes or its goods differ: tap the heading to see each 8-digit code and the condition for each rate.

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    What chapter 21 covers

    Chapter 21 of the tariff is "Miscellaneous edible preparations". It has 7 four-digit headings and 44 eight-digit tariff items, such as 2101 (Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate), 2102 (Yeasts (active or inactive); other single cell), 2103 (Sauces and preparations therefor, mixed condiments and).

    GST rates in chapter 21

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. By tariff item: 29 at 5%. For 15 of them the rate depends on how the goods are described or sold (for example the sale price, or whether they are pre-packaged and labelled), so the finder shows each option with its condition.

    Questions

    What is the GST rate for chapter 21 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. Of the 44 eight-digit codes in chapter 21, 29 at 5%; the rest depend on the description. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

    What is HSN code 2101?

    Heading 2101 is "Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and 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". GST: 5%.

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