Code 0709 60 · Heading 0709

Fresh or chilled Capsicum or Pimenta fruits

This covers fresh or chilled fruits of the genera Capsicum or Pimenta. The specific child code depends on whether the fruit is sweet pepper, is used for capsaicin or alcoholic Capsicum oleoresins, is used industrially for volatile vegetable oils or resinoids, or falls outside those uses.

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Fresh red bell peppers
Fresh chilli peppers

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Official tariff text

Fresh or chilled fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta

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Step 1 · Section II Vegetable products
Is the product a living plant or flower; an edible vegetable, root, tuber, fruit or nut; coffee, tea, maté or a spice; cereal; a milling product, malt, starch, inulin or wheat gluten; a seed, plant for industrial or medical use, straw or fodder plant; shellac, a carbohydrate gum, natural resin, plant sap or plant extract; or a vegetable plaiting material or another vegetable product not listed elsewhere?
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Step 2 · Chapter 07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 2 of 9 chapters in section II
Is it a specific fresh or chilled vegetable, another fresh or chilled vegetable, a frozen vegetable, a provisionally preserved vegetable not prepared for immediate consumption, a dried vegetable, a dried shelled legume, or a starchy or inulin-rich root or tuber?
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Step 3 · Heading 0709 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled (excl. potatoes,… 9 of 14 headings under chapter 07
Which named type is it: asparagus, aubergines, celery other than celeriac, Agaricus mushrooms, Boletus mushrooms, Cantharellus mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, matsutake mushrooms, truffles, other edible mushrooms and truffles, Capsicum or Pimenta fruits, spinach, New Zealand spinach or garden orache spinach, artichokes, olives, squash or other Cucurbita species, or another fresh or chilled vegetable?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0709 60 Fresh or chilled fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pi… 11 of 16 subheadings under heading 0709
Is it sweet pepper; a Capsicum fruit for making capsaicin or alcoholic Capsicum oleoresins; a Capsicum or Pimenta fruit for industrial production of volatile vegetable oils or resinoids; or another Capsicum or Pimenta fruit?

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Classification decides the rate here: from 3.2% to 12.8%.

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

07.09.6010

From 1 June to 30 November

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
07.09.6020

From 1 December to 31 May

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
07.09.6090

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

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.

0709 60 10 00

Sweet peppers

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
0709 60 91 00

Of the genus Capsicum, for the manufacture of capsicin or capsicum oleoresin dyes

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
0709 60 95 00

For the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
0709 60 99 20

Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.)

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
0709 60 99 90

Other

Ordinary duty

6.0%

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.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

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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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.