Code 1905 20 30 · Subheading 1905 20

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Honey cakes and similar products, with or without cocoa, containing at least 30% but less than 50% sucrose

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This code covers honey cakes and similar baked products, whether or not they contain cocoa. The product must contain at least 30 weight% but less than 50 weight% sucrose, including invert sugar calculated as sucrose.

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A honey cake containing 35 weight% sucrose, including invert sugar calculated as sucrose
A cocoa honey cake containing 45 weight% sucrose, including invert sugar calculated as sucrose

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Gingerbread and the like, whether or not containing cocoa, containing >= 30% but < 50% sucrose, incl. invert sugar expressed as sucrose

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Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pas… 4 of 9 chapters in section IV
Which named product type is it: malt extract or a prepared food made from flour, meal, starch or milk; pasta or couscous; tapioca or a starch-based tapioca substitute; an expanded, roasted or otherwise prepared grain food; or bread, pastry, cake, biscuit or another baked good?
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Step 3 · Heading 1905 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wa… 5 of 5 headings under chapter 19
Is it crispbread; gingerbread or similar, including cocoa-containing products; sweet biscuits, biscuits or cookies; wafers; rusks, toasted bread or similar toasted products; or other baked goods, communion wafers, medicinal wafer capsules, seal wafers or similar flour or starch products, excluding wafers with a water content of <= 10 weight percent?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1905 20 Gingerbread and the like, whether or not containing… 2 of 6 subheadings under heading 1905
What is the saccharose content, including invert sugar calculated as saccharose: < 30 weight%, >= 30 weight% but < 50 weight%, or >= 50 weight%?
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Step 5 · Full code 1905 20 30 Gingerbread and the like, whether or not containing… 2 of 3 codes under subheading 1905 20

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1905 20 30

Honey cakes and similar products, with or without cocoa, containing at least 30% but less than 50% sucrose

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another option 1905 20 10 Gingerbread and the like, whether or not containing cocoa, containing < 30% sucrose, incl. invert sugar expressed as sucrose 9.4%
you are here 1905 20 30 Gingerbread and the like, whether or not containing cocoa, containing >= 30% but < 50% sucrose, incl. invert sugar expressed as sucrose 9.8%
another option 1905 20 90 Gingerbread and the like, whether or not containing cocoa, containing >= 50% sucrose, incl. invert sugar expressed as sucrose 10.1%

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; 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); 52 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
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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 Canada, Israel and United States.
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Restrictions and paperwork

Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; any country except India; India; any country; Countries submitted to import restrictions following the Chernobyl accident.

Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
- Certificate of inspection for organic products
- Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
- Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
- Movement certificate EUR.1
- 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))
- Goods not consigned from India
- 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).
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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.

19.05.2000

Gingerbread and the like

Ordinary duty

2,42 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

0,75 NOK per kg 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.

1905 20 30 00

Containing by weight 30|% or more but less than 50|% of sucrose (including invert sugar expessed as sucrose)

Ordinary duty

8% + 20 GBP / 100 kg

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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Often confused with

1905 20 10 Gingerbread and the like, whether or not containing cocoa, containing < 30% sucrose, incl. invert sugar expressed as sucrose 9.4%
This code is for honey cakes and similar products with less than 30 weight% sucrose, rather than at least 30 weight% but less than 50 weight%.
1905 20 90 Gingerbread and the like, whether or not containing cocoa, containing >= 50% sucrose, incl. invert sugar expressed as sucrose 10.1%
This code is for honey cakes and similar products with at least 50 weight% sucrose, rather than at least 30 weight% but less than 50 weight%.

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.

Honey cakes and similar products, with or without cocoa, containing at least 30% but less than 50% sucrose

Honey cakes and similar products, with or without cocoa, containing at least 30% but less than 50% sucrose

One last check

Trade measures to be aware of

Lower duty for goods from some countries

A limited quantity at a lower rate

Restrictions and paperwork

Export to Norway

Export to the United Kingdom

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