HS code 2102: Yeasts (active or inactive)
Heading 2102 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 21, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
2102Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading 3002); prepared baking powders
Place in the nomenclature: 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations > 2102
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Yeasts, active or inactive; other dead single-cell micro-organisms, prepared baking powders (excl. single-cell micro-organisms packaged as medicaments)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 8
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2102
- 2102 10Active yeasts
- 2102 10 10 Culture yeast
- 2102 10 31 Bakers' yeast | Dried
- 2102 10 39 Bakers' yeast | Other
- 2102 10 90 Other
- 2102 20Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Inactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organisms (excl. packaged as medicaments)
- 2102 20 11 Inactive yeasts | In tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg
- 2102 20 19 Inactive yeasts | Other
- 2102 20 90 Other
- 2102 30Prepared baking powders
- 2102 30 00 Prepared baking powders
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.