Code 2102 20 · Heading 2102

Inactive yeast and other inactive single-cell microorganisms, excluding vaccines

This code covers inactive yeast and other inactive single-cell microorganisms. It does not cover vaccines classified under heading 3002; inactive yeast is divided further by its form or package net weight.

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Inactive yeast
An inactive single-cell microorganism other than yeast and not a vaccine

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Official tariff text

Inactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organisms (excl. packaged as medicaments)

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Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 6 of 9 chapters in section IV
Is it a coffee, tea or maté extract or preparation; yeast, another inactive single-cell microorganism or prepared baking powder; a sauce or sauce preparation; soup, broth or a preparation for children or dietary use; ice cream; or another prepared food?
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Step 3 · Heading 2102 Yeasts, active or inactive; other dead single-cell … 2 of 6 headings under chapter 21
Is it live yeast, inactive yeast or another inactive single-cell microorganism excluding vaccines covered by heading 3002, or a prepared baking powder?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2102 20 Inactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organ… 2 of 3 subheadings under heading 2102
Which description fits: inactive yeast in tablets, cubes or similar, or in a package of net weight <= 1 kg; other inactive yeast; or inactive single-cell microorganisms other than yeast and vaccines classified under heading 3002?

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 10.9%.

2102 10 Active yeasts 10.9–14.7%
2102 20 Inactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organisms (excl. packaged as medicaments) you are here 0.0–8.3%
2102 30 Prepared baking powders 6.1%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

21.02.2011

For fish feed

Ordinary duty

2,66 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

2,58 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
21.02.2019

Other

Ordinary duty

2,66 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

2,58 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
21.02.2020

Other inactive yeasts

Ordinary duty

21.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
21.02.2032

For fish feed

Ordinary duty

2,66 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

2,58 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
21.02.2039

Other

Ordinary duty

2,66 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

2,58 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
21.02.2040

Other single-cell micro-organisms, dead, not for feed purpose

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 5 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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