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0403 90 19
Unflavoured, unsweetened powdered fermented milk or cream with fat over 27% (not yoghurt)
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 04039019.
Code 0403 90 19 · Subheading 0403 90
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Unflavoured, unsweetened powdered fermented milk or cream with fat over 27% (not yoghurt)
This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers buttermilk, coagulated milk or cream, kefir and other fermented or soured milk or cream in powder, granule or another solid form. It must be unflavoured, contain no fruit, nuts or cocoa, have no sugar or other sweeteners, and have a fat content over 27%; yoghurt is excluded.
For example
- Unsweetened, unflavoured powdered kefir with a fat content over 27%
- Unsweetened, unflavoured fermented cream granules with a fat content over 27%
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Official tariff text
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, unsweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 27% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa)
One last check
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
- another option 0403 90 11 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, unsweetened, with a fat content by weight of <= 1,5% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 13 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, unsweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 1,5% but <= 27% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
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you are here 0403 90 19 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, unsweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 27% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 31 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, sweetened, with a fat content by weight of <= 1,5% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 33 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, sweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 1,5% but <= 27% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 39 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, sweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 27% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 51 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, unsweetened, with a fat content by weight of <= 3% (excl. in solid forms, yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 53 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, unsweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 3% but <= 6% (excl. in solid forms, yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 59 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, unsweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 6% (excl. in solid forms, yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 61 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, sweetened, with a fat content by weight of <= 3% (excl. in solid forms, yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 63 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, sweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 3% but <= 6% (excl. in solid forms, yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 69 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, sweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 6% (excl. in solid forms, yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa) Special rate*
- another option 0403 90 71 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa, whether or not sweetened, in solid forms, with a fat content by weight of <= 1,5% (excl. yogurt) 8.3%*
- another option 0403 90 73 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa, whether or not sweetened, in solid forms, with a fat content by weight of > 1,5% but <= 27% (excl. yogurt) 8.3%*
- another option 0403 90 79 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa, whether or not sweetened, in solid forms, with a fat content by weight of > 27% (excl. yogurt) 8.3%*
- another option 0403 90 91 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa, whether or not sweetened, with a fat content by weight of <= 3% (excl. in solid forms and yogurt) 8.3%*
- another option 0403 90 93 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa, whether or not sweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 3% but <= 6% (excl. in solid forms and yogurt) 8.3%*
- another option 0403 90 99 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa, whether or not sweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 6% (excl. in solid forms and yogurt) 8.3%*
Trade measures to be aware of
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
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Lower duty for goods from some countries
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in San Marino; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; Western Sahara; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); Andorra; Ivory Coast; 36 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
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A limited quantity at a lower rate
A tariff quota is recorded for this code. This does not say whether any of the quota is still available. It covers goods originating in Ukraine.
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Restrictions and paperwork
Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; any country except Andorra, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland; European Union; Faroe Islands; Greenland; any country; Japan.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
- Certificate of inspection for organic products
- Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
- Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
- Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
- Movement certificate EUR.1
- Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
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- Goods with third country origin coming from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with third country origin coming from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
- Goods with third country origin coming from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with third country origin coming from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with third country origin coming from Liechtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with EU origin returning from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Lichtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin coming from outermost regions, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with third country origin coming from Faroe Islands, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
- Goods with third country origin coming from Greenland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Common Health Entry Document for Feed and Food of Non-Animal Origin (CHED-D) (as set out in Part 2, Section D of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/175
- The products left Japan before 30.10.2012 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012
- Products which left Japan before 28 March 2011
- The products left Japan before 2.6.2013 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012
- The products are accompanied by a declaration issued before 1 November 2012 in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012 and stating that the products have left Japan before 1 December 2012
- The products are accompanied by a declaration issued before 1.6.2013 in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 and stating that the products have left Japan before 1.7.2013
- Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014)
- Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012) which was issued before 1 April 2014; the products left Japan from 1 April 2014 but before 1 May 2014
- Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014); the products left Japan before 9 January 2016
Export to Norway
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
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04.03.9001
Flavoured or containing added cocoa
- Ordinary duty
- 5,87 NOK per kg*
- Goods of EU origin
- 3,10 NOK per kg* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
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04.03.9002
Containing added fruit, nuts or berries
- Ordinary duty
- 6,37 NOK per kg*
- Goods of EU origin
- 3,12 NOK per kg* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
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04.03.9009
Other
- Ordinary duty
- 20,54 NOK per kg*
- Goods of EU origin
- The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
Export to the United Kingdom
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
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0403 90 19 00
Exceeding 27 %
- Ordinary duty
- 139 GBP / 100 kg*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
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Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
Similar products elsewhere in the tariff
- 0402 91 30 Milk and cream, concentrated, of a fat content by weight of > 8% but <= 10%, unsweetened (excl. in solid forms) Special rate*
- 0402 91 10 Milk and cream, concentrated, of a fat content by weight of <= 8%, unsweetened (excl. in solid forms) Special rate*
- 0402 99 10 Milk and cream, concentrated, of a fat content by weight of <= 9,5%, sweetened (excl. in solid forms) Special rate*
- 0402 91 59 Milk and cream, concentrated, of a fat content by weight of > 10% but <= 45%, unsweetened, in immediate packings of > 2,5 kg (excl. in solid forms) Special rate*
- 0402 29 19 Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of <= 27% but > 1,5%, sweetened, in immediate packings of > 2,5 kg Special rate*
Often confused with
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0403 90 13
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, unsweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 1,5% but <= 27% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa)
Special rate*
This code is for an unflavoured, unsweetened solid product with a fat content over 1.5% but not over 27%, rather than over 27%.
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0403 90 39
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream in solid forms, sweetened, with a fat content by weight of > 27% (excl. yogurt, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa)
Special rate*
This code is for the same type of solid, unflavoured product with a fat content over 27%, but it is stated to contain sugar or other sweeteners.
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0403 90 79
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or with added fruit, nuts or cocoa, whether or not sweetened, in solid forms, with a fat content by weight of > 27% (excl. yogurt)
8.3%*
This code is for a solid product with a fat content over 27% that is flavoured or contains fruit, nuts or cocoa.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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