Code 2005 60 · Heading 2005

Prepared or preserved asparagus, not frozen and not made with vinegar or acetic acid

This covers asparagus that has been prepared or preserved in a way other than with vinegar or acetic acid. The asparagus must not be frozen.

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Canned asparagus preserved without vinegar or acetic acid
Jarred asparagus preserved without vinegar or acetic acid

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Official tariff text

Asparagus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. 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 2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise th… 5 of 9 headings under chapter 20
Is the product a finely homogenised baby or diet food in a retail pack of net weight <= 250 g; potatoes; peas; shelled or unshelled beans; asparagus; olives; sweetcorn; bamboo shoots; or another vegetable covered here?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2005 60 Asparagus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by … 6 of 10 subheadings under heading 2005
Is it asparagus that is prepared or preserved without vinegar or acetic acid and is not frozen?

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2005 60 00 Asparagus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen) 17.6% Save

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Classification decides the rate here: from 5.1% to 19.2%.

Export to Norway

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

20.05.6000

Asparagus

Ordinary duty

Duty free

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.

2005 60 00 00

Asparagus

Ordinary duty

16.0%

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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