Non-frozen orange juice with a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C

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This covers unfermented orange juice with no alcohol added, whether or not it contains added sugar or other sweeteners. The juice must have a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C and must not be frozen.

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Non-frozen unfermented orange juice with no alcohol added and a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C
Non-frozen unfermented orange juice with added sugar, no alcohol added, and a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C

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Official tariff text

Orange juice, unfermented, Brix value <= 20 at 20°C, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit and frozen)

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Step 5 of 5 · Complete

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 2009 Fruit juices, incl. grape must, and vegetable juice… 9 of 9 headings under chapter 20
Which juice is it—orange, grapefruit, another citrus fruit, pineapple, tomato, grape or grape must, apple, cranberry or lingonberry, another fruit or vegetable, or a mixture—and, where relevant, is it frozen, what is its Brix value at 20°C, and for certain citrus juice is its value per 100 kg net over €30?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2009 12 Orange juice, unfermented, Brix value <= 20 at 20°C… 2 of 17 subheadings under heading 2009
Is it non-frozen, unfermented orange juice with no added alcohol, possibly with added sugar or other sweeteners, and a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C?
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Step 5 · Full code 2009 12 00 Orange juice, unfermented, Brix value <= 20 at 20°C… 1 of 1 code under subheading 2009 12

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2009 12 00

Non-frozen orange juice with a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 20091200.

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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; 44 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 Mexico and Israel.
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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.

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
- 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))
- 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
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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.

20.09.1200

Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20

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.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

12.0%

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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Non-frozen orange juice with a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C

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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