Products · HS 2103
Sauces & seasonings: imports into Poland, prices and border checks
Soy sauce, chilli and sriracha sauce, curry pastes, oyster and fish sauce, seasoning mixes, ketchup.
How much Poland imports
- All imports, 2025€336.5 m+11%2021–2025, change vs 2024
- From outside the EU€31.9 m9% of all imports. The rest comes through other EU countries.
- Largest supplier outside the EUUnited Kingdom€10.4 m in 2025
Where Poland buys sauces & seasonings, 2025
- GermanyEU€118.5 m35%+12%
- ItalyEU€47.0 m14%+18%
- NetherlandsEU€21.2 m6%+10%
- RomaniaEU€21.2 m6%+64%
- AustriaEU€16.9 m5%-12%
- HungaryEU€14.1 m4%+127%
- FranceEU€11.7 m3%+16%
- United Kingdom€10.4 m3%-18%
- CroatiaEU€10.3 m3%-1%
- SpainEU€10.3 m3%-6%
- CzechiaEU€8.2 m2%+15%
- BelgiumEU€6.1 m2%-22%
Asian and other focus origins
- Vietnam€1.6 m0.5%-31%
- Indonesia€1 k0.0%-100%
- Thailand€5.7 m2%-19%
- India€6760.0%-99%
- China€4.0 m1%-16%
- Malaysia€1120.0%–
- Philippines€460.0%–
- South Korea€164 k0.0%+147%
- Sri Lanka
Prices per kg and this year's trend
Who checks it at the Polish border
IJHARS: commercial quality and labels
Not on the listHeading 2103 is not on the IJHARS import list.
The importer notifies the regional IJHARS office (form SWW05, also online through PUESC). IJHARS checks documents, labelling and packaging and may take samples; there is no fee unless the product fails.
Sanepid: food safety
Some codes checkedOn the Sanepid list, except sauces containing animal ingredients other than permitted additives (for example fish or oyster sauce), which follow the composite or animal-product route.
Veterinary inspection
Depends on the recipeFish and oyster sauces: shelf-stable sauces with oyster or fish extracts are exempt from border checks since 23 July 2026, but the fish must come from an approved country.
Also check
- Acid-hydrolysed soy sauce: 3-MCPD limit.
- Chilli-based sauces: aflatoxins, pesticide residues and banned Sudan dyes.
Sources: IJHARS import list: Regulation of 18 Jan 2013, annex of 2 Jun 2023 (Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1153); Sanitary border control list: Regulation of 8 Dec 2011 (Dz.U. 2011 nr 272 poz. 1612). Your exact 8-digit code decides; confirm it with your customs agent.
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Next step
The rules for the recipe, the documents and the Polish label are in our guide Exporting sauces, instant noodles and ready meals to Poland.