Code 2004 10 91 · Subheading 2004 10

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Frozen prepared or preserved potatoes in flour or flakes, not with vinegar or acetic acid

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This code covers frozen potatoes that are prepared or preserved in a way other than with vinegar or acetic acid, and that are presented as flour or flakes.

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Frozen potato flakes
Frozen potato flour

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Potatoes, prepared or preserved in the form of flour, meal or flakes, frozen

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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 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other pa… 5 of 9 chapters in section IV
How has the vegetable, fruit, nut or other edible plant part been prepared or preserved: with vinegar or acetic acid; as tomatoes, mushrooms or truffles prepared in another way; as frozen or non-frozen vegetables; with sugar as drained, glazed or candied pieces; as jam, fruit jelly, marmalade, fruit or nut purée or fruit or nut paste made by cooking; as other prepared or preserved fruit, nuts or edible plant parts; or as unfermented fruit or vegetable juice without added alcohol?
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Step 3 · Heading 2004 Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by … 4 of 9 headings under chapter 20
Is the product potatoes, or is it another vegetable or a mixture of vegetables?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2004 10 Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by v… 1 of 2 subheadings under heading 2004
Are the potatoes only boiled or otherwise heat-treated, in the form of flour or flakes, or prepared or preserved in another way?
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Step 5 · Full code 2004 10 91 Potatoes, prepared or preserved in the form of flou… 2 of 3 codes under subheading 2004 10

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2004 10 91

Frozen prepared or preserved potatoes in flour or flakes, not with vinegar or acetic acid

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 20041091.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 7.6% to 17.6%.

another option 2004 10 10 Cooked potatoes, frozen 14.4%
you are here 2004 10 91 Potatoes, prepared or preserved in the form of flour, meal or flakes, frozen 7.6%
another option 2004 10 99 Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excl. cooked only and in the form of flour, meal or flakes) 17.6%

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 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); Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Fiji; 49 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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Restrictions and paperwork

Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Japan; any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; any country except Andorra, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland; European Union; Faroe Islands; Greenland.

Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
- 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
- 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 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)
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- Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
- Certificate of inspection for organic products
- Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
- 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
- Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
- 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).
- 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))
- 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 benefitting from derogation to veterinary controls according to Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630
- 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.
- Goods with EU origin returning from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation
- 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 Lichtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin coming from outermost regions, 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
- 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
- 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
- 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))
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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.

20.04.1010

Containing not less than 75 % by weight of potatoes

Ordinary duty

11,93 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

11,41 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
20.04.1020

Other

Ordinary duty

5,86 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

5,52 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
20.04.1090

Other

Ordinary duty

26,40 NOK per kg

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. 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.

2004 10 91 00

In the form of flour, meal or flakes

Ordinary duty

6.0%

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. 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

2004 10 10 Cooked potatoes, frozen 14.4%
That code covers frozen potatoes that are only boiled or otherwise heat-treated, whereas this code specifies potatoes in flour or flakes.
2004 10 99 Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excl. cooked only and in the form of flour, meal or flakes) 17.6%
That code excludes potatoes in flour or flakes, whereas this code specifically covers that form.
2005 20 10 Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes (excl. frozen) 8.8%
That code covers potato flour or flakes that are not frozen, whereas this code covers the frozen 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.

Frozen prepared or preserved potatoes in flour or flakes, not with vinegar or acetic acid

Frozen prepared or preserved potatoes in flour or flakes, not with vinegar or acetic acid

One last check

Trade measures to be aware of

Lower duty for goods from some countries

Restrictions and paperwork

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