Herbal supplements Hs Code

Herbal supplements harmonized system code

Product Overview Herbal supplements classified under HS Code 210690 encompass preparations predominantly composed of herbal extracts, powders, or concentrates intended for dietary supplementation and health maintenance. These products are characterized by their botanical origin, with active phytochemical constituents standardized to defined potency levels, typically ranging from 10% to 95% concentration by weight. Physically, they are supplied in various forms including capsules, tablets, tinctures, and powders, with moisture content controlled below 8% to ensure stability and shelf life. HS Code 210690 subdivides into multiple categories covering dietary supplements, herbal extracts, and phytopharmaceutical preparations that exclude those classified under medicinal products. Commercially, these supplements serve the food service industry, retail health stores, and nutraceutical processors, acting as functional ingredients or standalone products supporting wellness and preventive health regimes. Their market positioning rests on verified botanical sourcing, adherence to good manufacturing practices (GMP), and compliance with international quality certifications, offering importers and distributors a reliable, standardized product portfolio for diverse global markets. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The HS Code 210690 falls under Chapter 21: "Miscellaneous Edible Preparations," Heading 2106, which covers food preparations not elsewhere specified or included. The subheading 210690 specifically designates "Other food preparations," inclusive of herbal supplements that do not qualify as medicinal products under Chapter 30. This classification is justified by the product’s primary use as dietary supplements rather than pharmaceutical drugs, aligning with WTO harmonized system conventions. Packaging typically involves hermetically sealed containers such as blister packs, amber glass bottles, or high-density polyethylene jars to preserve phytochemical integrity and prevent contamination. Preservation methods include desiccants and nitrogen flushing to maintain product stability during international transit, with standard shipping conditions maintaining temperatures between 15°C and 25°C to avoid degradation. Quality assurance adheres to ISO 22000 and Codex Alimentarius standards, with certificates of analysis verifying active ingredient content, microbial limits, and absence of heavy metals, ensuring compliance with customs inspection protocols and facilitating smooth cross-border trade operations.

Herbal supplements Chapter Note

1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Mixed vegetables of heading 07.12; (b) Roasted coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion (heading 09.01); (c) Flavoured tea (heading 09.02); (d) Spices or other products of headings 09.04 to 09.10; (e) Food preparations, other than the products described in heading 21.03 or 21.04, containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16); (f) Products of heading 24.04; (g) Yeast put up as a medicament or other products of heading 30.03 or 30.04; or (h) Prepared enzymes of heading 35.07. 2.- Extracts of the substitutes referred to in Note 1 (b) above are to be classified in heading 21.01. 3.- For the purposes of heading 21.04, the expression “homogenised composite food preparations” means preparations consisting of a finely homogenised mixture of two or more basic ingredients such as meat, fish, vegetables, fruit or nuts, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may be added to the mixture for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. Such preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of ingredients.