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Code 1806 20 50 · Subheading 1806 20

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Bulk chocolate or cocoa preparation with 18% to under 31% cocoa butter, over 2 kg

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.

This covers chocolate and other cocoa-containing food preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing over 2 kg, or in liquid, paste, powder, granule or similar form in packs with a net weight over 2 kg. The product must contain at least 18% but less than 31% cocoa butter, and must not be cocoa powder.

For example

  • A chocolate block weighing over 2 kg, containing 18% cocoa butter and not being cocoa powder
  • A liquid cocoa-containing chocolate preparation in a pack with a net weight over 2 kg, containing 25% cocoa butter and not being cocoa powder
  • A powdered cocoa-containing food preparation in a pack with a net weight over 2 kg, containing 30% cocoa butter and not being cocoa powder
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Official tariff text

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg, containing >= 18% by weight but < 31% by weight of cocoa butter (excl. cocoa powder)

Classification complete

1806 20 50

Bulk chocolate or cocoa preparation with 18% to under 31% cocoa butter, over 2 kg

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 18062050.

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Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.

Classification decides the rate here: from 8.3% to 15.4%.

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.

  • 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); Andorra; 50 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 database

  • 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 any country except Belarus, Russian Federation and United Kingdom; Israel; United States; Türkiye; Canada.

    Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

  • Restrictions and paperwork

    Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; any country; Countries submitted to import restrictions following the Chernobyl accident; Japan; any country except Andorra, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland; European Union; Faroe Islands; 1 more origin.

    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
    • Movement certificate EUR.1
    • Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
    • Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
    • 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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    • 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
    • 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))
    • The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1158.
    • Exemption from import restrictions by virtue of Article 1(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1158 (Chernobyl accident).
    • The products left Japan before 2.6.2013 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012
    • Products which left Japan before 28 March 2011
    • 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 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 left Japan before 30.10.2012 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012
    • 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); the products left Japan before 9 January 2016
    • 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
    • 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 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.
    • 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 benefitting from derogation to veterinary controls according to Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630
    • The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
    • 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 EU origin returning from Switzerland, 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 Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Goods with EU origin coming from outermost regions, 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 Lichtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Goods with EU origin returning from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation
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EU tariff measure data version 2026-08-03-tullverket.

Export to Norway

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

  • 18.06.2011

    Ice-cream powders

    Ordinary duty
    17,71 NOK per kg
    Goods of EU origin
    11,55 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

  • 18.06.2012

    Table cream powders

    Ordinary duty
    0,85 NOK per kg
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

  • 18.06.2090

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    0,43 NOK per kg
    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. 3, 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.

  • All 2 UK lines under this code

    They all have the same duty rates shown here.

    Ordinary duty
    8.0%
    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. 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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