Vegetable Chips: export from Canada to Southeast Asia
Vegetable chips (beet, parsnip, carrot, sweet potato) sit in a health-adjacent premium position rather than competing with potato chips on price, and that positioning is what makes the freight arithmetic work where it would not for a commodity snack.
The technical points mirror potato chips: oil stability, seasoning, barrier and flush. Colour retention is an additional variable specific to this category, since the visual appeal is the product and pigments fade with light exposure and oxidation. Opaque packaging is usually a requirement.
Moisture pickup is more acute than for potato chips because the raw materials are more hygroscopic, so the barrier specification should be set against destination humidity.
Health-adjacent claims are regulated and vary by market; confirm what may be said before designing the pack, since the positioning usually depends on it.
Vegetable-based snacks may classify differently from potato chips depending on the base vegetable and the process. Send the composition, because a mixed-vegetable product can sit somewhere other than either single-vegetable line.
Canadian export requirements
- HS classification
- 2005.99 (Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen) other
- CFIA certificates
- Available on request: send your specification and destination and we'll confirm within five working days.
Six-market position
| Market | MFN duty | Preferential | Registration category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | On request | On request | On request |
| Thailand | On request | On request | On request |
| Philippines | On request | On request | On request |
| Indonesia | On request | On request | On request |
| Malaysia | On request | On request | On request |
| Singapore | On request | On request | On request |
MFN duty is the destination's applied general rate for this tariff line. Preferential is the rate under an agreement in force between Canada and that market.
Both are customs duty only: destination excise, value-added tax and local levies are additional and are not shown here.
Available on request: send your specification and destination and we'll confirm within five working days.
Commercial terms
- Producing provinces
- Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta
- Seasonality
- Year-round production
- Pack formats
- Retail cases, Display-ready cases
- Container configuration
- On request
- Indicative MOQ
- On request
Common questions
- What is the HS code for vegetable chips?
- 2005.99 (Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen) other. This was read from Canada Border Services Agency on 2026-09-18. The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonised System; digits beyond that are set by the destination.
Sources
- Customs Tariff (T2026), Chapter 20 · Canada Border Services Agency, retrieved September 18, 2026
Last reviewed: September 1, 2026