Code 1301 20 · Heading 1301

Gum arabic

This code covers gum arabic, a plant-based gum. It is separated from other plant-based gums, natural resins, gum resins and oleoresins because it is specifically gum arabic.

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Gum arabic
Powdered gum arabic

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Natural gum Arabic

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Step 4 of 4

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 13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extr… 8 of 9 chapters in section II
Is it shellac or a similar product, a plant carbohydrate gum, natural resin, gum resin or oleoresin, or is it a plant sap or extract, pectin substance, agar-agar or another plant-based mucilage or gelling agent?
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Step 3 · Heading 1301 Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins, balsams and … 1 of 2 headings under chapter 13
Is it gum arabic?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1301 20 Natural gum Arabic 1 of 2 subheadings under heading 1301
Is the product gum arabic?

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1301 20 00 Natural gum Arabic Duty free Save

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1301 20 Natural gum Arabic you are here 0.0%
1301 90 Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins, balsams and other natural oleoresins (excl. gum Arabic) 0.0%

Export to Norway

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

13.01.2000

Gum Arabic

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

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1301 20 00 00

Gum Arabic

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.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 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.