Chewing Gum & Bubble Gum (Sticks, Pellets, Tabs & Gumballs)

Sugar and sugar-free gum in sticks, coated pellets, tabs and gumballs, classified before it ships

Chewing gum is an insoluble gum base carrying sweetener and flavour. Published formulation data put a standard sugar gum at about 20% gum base, 60% sugar, 18-20% glucose syrup, 0.5-1% flavour and about 1% other ingredients, with bubble gum using slightly less base and more glucose syrup; sugar-free gum runs at about 25-30% gum base, 50-60% polyols, 5-6% glycerin and 1.0-1.5% flavour with high-intensity sweeteners. The formats are sticks and slabs, sugar-coated or polyol-coated pellets, tabs, gumballs for vending, and gum centres in lollipops and chews. Classification follows the sweetener: sugar gum is HS 1704.10, while sugar-free gum sweetened with polyols or other sweeteners is generally classified outside heading 1704, commonly under 2106.90, so the tariff line is confirmed with the destination's customs before the offer. Storage matters in both directions: manufacturers commonly state 12-18 months kept cool and dry at no more than 50% relative humidity; sugar gum dries and turns brittle in dry air, and sugar-free gum picks up moisture above about 40% relative humidity. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations under HS 1704.10 total USD 940 million and about 234,000 MT across 111 reporters: China USD 103 million and 39,400 MT, Mexico USD 78 million, the Netherlands USD 74 million, Türkiye USD 65 million and 15,100 MT, Spain USD 52 million, Pakistan USD 35 million and 13,700 MT, Egypt USD 21 million, Germany USD 20 million, India USD 15 million and 11,600 MT, Brazil USD 15 million, Poland USD 13 million and Indonesia USD 6 million. The largest 2024 importers were the USA (USD 137 million), Germany (USD 42 million), South Africa (USD 32 million and 14,700 MT), Kuwait (USD 25 million), Uganda (USD 24 million) and Saudi Arabia (USD 23 million).

The buyer is an importer-distributor, a wholesaler, a vending operator, a convenience and checkout retailer or a supermarket private-label desk, buying a stated format, sweetener, flavour, pack and label. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers generic chewing gum and bubble gum from factories in China, Türkiye, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Pakistan, Egypt, India, Brazil, Poland and Indonesia and from UAE re-exporters, against the competent-authority health certificate, the factory's certificate of analysis, a certificate of origin, a halal certificate from a body the destination accepts covering any animal-derived ingredient, and label artwork checked before printing. Labels follow the market: in the EU, gum with more than 10% added polyols carries "excessive consumption may produce laxative effects" (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex III), the Annex V colour warning of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 applies to E110, E104, E122, E129, E102 and E124, and E171 is not permitted in coatings; Gulf labels follow GSO 9 in Arabic; US labels follow 21 CFR 101 with FD&C batch-certified colours. Some destinations restrict gum imports outright, so the import rule is checked before an offer is made. Minimum orders are the factory's, from 4-6 MT or 30,000-60,000 pieces per product at a Chinese OEM factory upward. Cartons move in 20-ft or 40-ft dry containers, with reefer quoted on hot-season routes, on FOB, CFR and CIF terms. Send the format, sugar or sugar-free, flavour, pack, carton count, label market and discharge port, and the enquiry is screened and worked against it.

Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.