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0604 20 20
Fresh Christmas trees
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 06042020.
Code 0604 20 20 · Subheading 0604 20
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Fresh Christmas trees
This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers fresh Christmas trees. The product must be fresh and identified as a Christmas tree, rather than fresh conifer branches or other decorative plant parts.
For example
- A fresh Christmas tree
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Fresh Christmas trees
One last check
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 5.0%.
- another option 0604 20 11 Reindeer moss, suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh Duty free*
- another option 0604 20 19 Mosses and lichens, suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh (excl. reindeer moss) 5.0%*
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you are here 0604 20 20 Fresh Christmas trees 2.5%*
- another option 0604 20 40 Fresh conifer branches, suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes 2.5%*
- another option 0604 20 90 Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, fresh, suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes (excl. Christmas trees and conifer branches) 2.0%*
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; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; 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); 45 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 Algeria.
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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 Switzerland; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
- Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
- Certificate of inspection for 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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- Exemption from official controls for plants, other than plants for planting, plant products and other objects, which form part of passengers’ personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use (Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 Article 7d)
- Common Health Entry Document for Plants and Plant Products (CHED-PP) (as set out in Part 2, Section C of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Exemption for products intended for scientific purposes in accordance with Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
- Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
- Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate
Export to Norway
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
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06.04.2010
Maidenhead fern (Adianthum) and Asparagus from 1 June to 31 October
- Ordinary duty
- 67.0%*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
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06.04.2092
Christmas trees
- Ordinary duty
- Duty free*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
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06.04.2099
Other
- Ordinary duty
- Duty free*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
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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0604 20 20 00
Christmas trees
- Ordinary duty
- Duty free*
- 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).
Before you use the code
Check the facts that sit outside the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
- The product and its form Check that your product really matches this description, including what it is made of and the form it arrives in.
- Country of origin Trade agreements, sanctions and extra measures can change the treatment of the very same code.
- Current tariff measures Check today's rate, any restrictions or licences, and the quantity customs asks for, with SKAT or TARIC.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
Similar products elsewhere in the tariff
- 0603 11 00 Fresh cut roses and buds, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes 12.0%*
- 0603 90 00 Dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared cut flowers and buds, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes 10.0%*
- 0602 20 10 Vine slips, grafted or rooted Duty free*
- 0602 20 20 Trees, shrubs and bushes, with bare roots, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts (excl. vine slips) 8.3%*
- 0602 20 80 Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts (excl. with bare roots, citrus, and vine slips) 8.3%*
Often confused with
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0604 20 40
Fresh conifer branches, suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes
2.5%*
That code covers fresh conifer branches for decorative greenery, while this code covers Christmas trees.
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0604 20 90
Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, fresh, suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes (excl. Christmas trees and conifer branches)
2.0%*
That code covers fresh leaves, branches and other plant parts, and grass, excluding Christmas trees and conifer branches.
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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