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Code 2008 99 24 · Subheading 2008 99

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Prepared or preserved guava berries, mangoes, mangosteens, papayas, tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillas, passion fruit, carambolas or pitahaya, with added alcohol, over 9% sugar and actual alcohol of not over 11.85% by mass

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

This covers prepared or preserved products made from the listed tropical fruits, with added alcohol. They must contain over 9% sugar and have an actual alcohol content of not over 11.85% by mass.

For example

  • Prepared mango pieces with added alcohol, over 9% sugar and an actual alcohol content of not over 11.85% by mass
  • Preserved passion fruit with added alcohol, over 9% sugar and an actual alcohol content of not over 11.85% by mass
  • Prepared lychees with added alcohol, over 9% sugar and an actual alcohol content of not over 11.85% by mass
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Official tariff text

Guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, with sugar content > 9% by weight and of an actual alcoholic strength <= 11,85% mas

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2008 99 24

Prepared or preserved guava berries, mangoes, mangosteens, papayas, tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillas, passion fruit, carambolas or pitahaya, with added alcohol, over 9% sugar and actual alcohol of not over 11.85% by mass

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 20089924.

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One last check

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

Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 25.6%.

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; 43 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

  • Restrictions and paperwork

    Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Japan; any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; any country.

    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)
    Show all 16 document conditions
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

EU tariff measure data version 2026-08-03-tullverket.

Export to Norway

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

  • 20.08.9901

    Apples

    Ordinary duty
    34,92 NOK per kg
    Goods of EU origin
    5,75 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

  • 20.08.9902

    Plums

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

  • 20.08.9903

    Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

    Ordinary duty
    0,64 NOK per kg
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

  • 20.08.9904

    Of goods of commodity code 12.12.2190

    Ordinary duty
    34,92 NOK per kg
    Goods of EU origin
    The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.

  • 20.08.9909

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    34,92 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.

  • 2008 99 24 00

    Tropical fruit

    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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