Chapter 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar
9 headings · 24 six-digit codes · World Customs Organization Harmonized System
HS code 22 beverages cover what people drink in world trade, from bottled water and beer to wine, spirits and vinegar. Use this page to match a product to its code, then open a heading page for the full list.
Chapter 22 is a compact chapter: 24 six-digit codes across 9 headings, 2201 to 2209. 6 of those headings subdivide below four digits, so the whole chapter fits on one screen. The chapter sits in Section IV, Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, Tobacco, alongside 8 other chapters.
Headings in this chapter
HS Code 22 Beverages: Quick Finder by Product
Searching for an HSN code chapter 22 answer by product name? Start with the short list below. These codes are examples only. Each heading page holds its own complete HS code list, with every subheading in place.
Common product names are easy to miss, because the official text uses terms like "spirits obtained by distilling" instead of everyday words. This list translates them.
- Mineral water with no sugar or flavour: 220110
- Sweetened or flavoured water: 220210
- Non-alcoholic beer: 220291
- Beer made from malt: 220300
- Sparkling wine: 220410
- Still wine in containers of 2 litres or less: 220421
- Cider, perry, mead and sake: 220600
- Whiskies: 220830
- Rum: 220840
- Gin: 220850
- Vodka: 220860
- Vinegar: 220900
How to Classify Beverages in Chapter 22
Most mistakes come from a few close pairs. Here is how to tell them apart.
Water: Heading 2201 is for plain, mineral and aerated waters with nothing added. It also covers ice and snow. Once sugar, another sweetener or a flavour is added, the drink moves to heading 2202. That heading also takes other non-alcoholic drinks. Many soft drinks fit its wording, so check the exact product before you choose.
Juices: Fruit, nut and vegetable juices do not belong here. They sit in Chapter 20.
If the wine is flavoured with plants or aromatic substances, as vermouth is, it goes to heading 2205. Within 2204, container size matters. Still wine is split into up to 2 litres, over 2 litres up to 10 litres, and over 10 litres. Sparkling wine has its own code.
Other fermented drinks: Cider, perry, mead and sake sit together in heading 2206.
Alcohol and spirits: The split between headings 2207 and 2208 is strength. Heading 2207 takes undenatured ethyl alcohol with a strength by volume of 80 or higher. It also takes denatured alcohol of any strength. Heading 2208 takes undenatured ethyl alcohol with a strength below 80, plus the drinks made from spirits, such as whiskies, rum, gin, vodka and liqueurs.
Vinegar: Vinegar and its substitutes made from acetic acid have a heading of their own, 2209.
If a product still looks unclear, try the HS code classifier.
HS Code 22 Import and Export Data
A code tells you what a product is. Trade records tell you who is moving it. EximDataX shows shipment-level import and export records from official customs sources.
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You can search by HS code to see who imports and exports a product, and book a free demo. Use beverage import data and beverage export data to follow a code, or go straight to buyer data and supplier data to find companies.
Related Chapters for Food and Drink Trade
This chapter sits next to other food chapters. Juices are in Chapter 20, sugar products are in Chapter 17, and tobacco is in Chapter 24. You can browse all HS code chapters to see the full system.
Related
- HS 2201 mineral and aerated waters
- HS 2202 non-alcoholic beverages
- HS 2203 beer made from malt
- HS 2204 wine of fresh grapes
- HS 2207 ethyl alcohol
- HS 2208 spirits, whiskies and vodka
- HS 2209 vinegar
- Chapter 20 fruit and vegetable preparations (juices)
- Chapter 17 sugars and sugar confectionery
- Chapter 24 tobacco
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Other chapters in Section IV
Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, Tobacco covers chapters 16–24.
- 16Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof5 headings · 42 codes
- 17Sugars and sugar confectionery4 headings · 17 codes
- 18Cocoa and cocoa preparations6 headings · 11 codes
- 19Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products5 headings · 19 codes
- 20Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants9 headings · 52 codes
- 21Miscellaneous edible preparations6 headings · 16 codes
- 23Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder9 headings · 23 codes
- 24Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body4 headings · 16 codes
These codes carry real shipments.
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HS Chapter 22: common questions
What is the HS code for whisky?
Whiskies use 220830. It is one of the spirit codes in heading 2208.
What is the HS code for bottled wine?
Use 220421 for still wine in bottles of 2 litres or less. Sparkling wine uses 220410.
What is the HS code for non-alcoholic beer?
It is 220291, in the non-alcoholic drinks heading. Malt beer with alcohol uses 220300.
What is the difference between HS 2207 and 2208 ethyl alcohol?
It comes down to strength. The first heading is the high-strength end, plus denatured alcohol. The second is the lower-strength end and the spirit drinks made from it.
Are fruit juices in Chapter 22?
No. Heading 2202 leaves out fruit, nut and vegetable juices. Look for them in Chapter 20.
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