Code 1701 99 90 · Subheading 1701 99
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers solid cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose that do not contain added flavourings or colourings. It excludes raw sugar and white sugar.
For example
Official tariff text
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excl. cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring, raw sugar and white sugar)
Classification complete
1701 99 90
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 17019990.
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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.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in United Kingdom; Japan; San Marino; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); 42 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseA tariff quota is recorded for this code. This does not say whether any of the quota is still available. It covers goods originating in India, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia and Viet Nam.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Japan; any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
17.01.9910
For feed purpose
17.01.9991
In lumps or powdered
17.01.9995
In retail sale packages of a weight not exceeding 24 kg
17.01.9999
Other (in bulk or whole sale packages)
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
1701 99 90 00
Other
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use 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.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code is for white sugar with a sucrose content in the dry state of >= 99,5 weight percent calculated by polarisation; this code excludes white sugar.
That code is for chemically pure fructose in solid form, whereas this code covers chemically pure sucrose in solid form.
That code is for chemically pure maltose in solid form, whereas this code covers chemically pure sucrose in solid form.
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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