HS codes and import duty,
without the customs jargon.
Look up the right HS code for any F&B product. See duty rates and classification risk for your destination markets. Built for F&B brand owners shipping their own products.
Try: sweet biscuits · palm oil · chocolate · 190531
Interactive tool
Now calculate what this costs to land in your target market.
Enter an HS code, destination, and origin. See MFN duty, preferential rates where your origin has an FTA with the destination, VAT/GST, and total landed cost.
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You found one HS code. XportStack stores codes for all your products. It uses them on every quote. It warns you when a code is risky, like when customs in some countries might give it a different rate than you expect.
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The codes F&B exporters look up most often.
Crude palm oil
Palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified
Sweet biscuits
Refined palm oil
Palm oil and its fractions, refined but not chemically modified
Food preparations, not elsewhere specified
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated
Other chocolate preparations
Other chocolate and food preparations containing cocoa
Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated
Other pasta
Other pasta, including instant noodles and prepared pasta
Other bread, pastry, cakes
Other bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers wares
Chocolate, in blocks/bars, filled
Chocolate and food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks/bars/slabs, filled
Natural honey
Potatoes prepared, not frozen
Potatoes prepared or preserved, not frozen (incl. potato chips, crisps)
Built for F&B brand owners.
Most HS code tools assume you already know your tariff number and your destination. F&B founders don't think that way. They're trying to figure out whether their oat biscuits, sambal sauce, or cold-brew coffee can profitably sell into ten new markets. This tool answers the question the way founders actually ask it.
Search by product
Type what you make (sweet biscuits, plant-based butter, mango juice) and see the HS codes that fit. No tariff jargon required.
See classification risk
Codes like 2106.90 are ambiguous. We flag when customs in your destination market might reclassify your product.
Built around FTAs
RCEP, CPTPP, USMCA, ASEAN AFTA, EU bilateral FTAs. Across 890+ bilateral pairs, we surface the preferential rate you're eligible for, not just the MFN baseline.
How to find the right HS code in four steps.
The first time I classified a product, I picked the wrong code. The second time, customs at destination flagged it. After that I built a process. This is the one I still use at Popsmalaya today.
Describe your product in plain words.
Open the lookup and type the product the way customers do. 'Sweet biscuits', 'sambal sauce', 'oat milk', 'frozen durian'. Skip the tariff jargon. The lookup matches across multiple HS chapter descriptions and surfaces every candidate code.
Next, review the candidate codes side by side.
Read each chapter description carefully. Products that look similar can sit under very different chapters. Oat-based biscuits sit in 1905.31. Oat-based drinks sit in 2202.99. Oat flour sits in 1104.22. The right code depends on the dominant ingredient and the final form.
Then check the classification risk.
Codes like 2106.90 (food preparations not elsewhere specified) are catch-alls. Destination customs often disagree on what belongs there. The lookup flags ambiguous codes so you know where reclassification is most likely. For high-value shipments, confirm with your destination customs broker before quoting.
Finally, check the duty and preferential rate.
Click through to the duty calculator with your candidate code. Enter destination and origin. The tool shows the MFN rate plus any FTA preferential rate you qualify for. If classification is ambiguous, compare 2-3 candidate codes. The duty impact across them can be material.
The rest of the free toolkit.
HS codes are step one. You'll usually need at least one more tool before you can quote a market with confidence.
Duty Calculator · Free
Calculate landed duty + tax for any HS code.
Enter HS code, destination, and origin. See MFN duty, FTA preferential rate, and destination VAT/GST.
FTA Eligibility Checker · Free
Check FTA eligibility across 890+ pairs.
See every FTA your origin-destination pair qualifies for, side by side with MFN, so you can pick the lowest rate.
Container Optimiser · Free
Plan a container load in five minutes.
Maximise cartons per container with primary + end-fill picker. Free PDF for your freight forwarder.
HS code questions, answered
The questions F&B exporters search for most often.
What is an HS code?
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What HS chapter covers food and beverage products?
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What is classification risk?
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Why are 6-digit, 8-digit, and 10-digit HS codes different?
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Is HS code 2106.90 risky for F&B exporters?
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When the tool isn't enough
The HS lookup is one piece. The platform is the rest.
XportStack helps F&B exporters manage quotes, shipments, compliance, and margin control across every distributor and market, from one dashboard.
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