Code 1901 90 99 · Subheading 1901 90
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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 prepared foods made from flour, meal, starch or malt extract, or from milk and similar products, that are not specifically covered by the neighbouring codes. The product must contain no cocoa or less than 40% cocoa on a completely fat-free basis for flour-based foods, or less than 5% on a completely fat-free basis for foods made from milk products.
For example
Official tariff text
Food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing cocoa in a proportion by weight of < 40%, calculated on a totally defatted basis, and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, sour cream, whey, yogurt, kephir or similar goods in heading 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing cocoa in a proportion by weight of < 5%, calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. (excl. malt extract and preparations for infant food, put up for retail sale, mixes and doughs for preparation of bakers' wares and goods in subheadings 1901.90.91 and 1901.90.95)
Classification complete
1901 90 99
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 19019099.
This is the catch-all under 1901 90: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.
This is the remaining part of the prepared foods in heading 1901 after malt extract, infant foods in retail packaging, baking mixes and dough, the goods named under 1901 90 91, and the goods named under 1901 90 95 have been excluded.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Classification decides the rate here: from 5.1% to 12.8%.
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 San Marino; European Union; 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); 51 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 Canada; any country except Belarus, Russian Federation and United Kingdom; Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama except Panama; Chile; New Zealand; Panama; United States; Colombia; 3 more origins.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; any country; Japan.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
19.01.9010
Malt extract
19.01.9091
Cheese substitutes ("cheese analogue"), e.g. products based on milk where the milk fat wholly or partly is replaced by vegetable fats or oils
19.01.9098
Other
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.
All 3 UK lines under this code
They all have the same duty rates shown here.
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 flour-, meal-, starch- or malt-extract-based foods with the specified absence or low levels of milk fat, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch; this code covers the remaining goods in the group.
That code specifically covers powdered foods made from skimmed milk and/or whey mixed with vegetable fats or oils, with a fat or oil content of <=30%; this code excludes that named class.
That code covers specified baked goods such as fruit tarts, panettone, meringues and croissants; this code excludes baking mixes and dough, not finished baked goods.
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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