Code 2009 39 91 · Subheading 2009 39

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Non-fermented citrus juice, over 20 but not over 67 Brix, low value, with over 30% added sugar

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

This covers non-fermented citrus juice with no added alcohol, a Brix value over 20 but not over 67 at 20°C, and a value per 100 kg net not over €30. It must contain over 30% added sugar and must not be a mixture, lemon juice, orange juice or grapefruit juice.

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Non-fermented lime juice with a Brix value over 20 but not over 67 at 20°C, a value per 100 kg net not over €30, and over 30% added sugar

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Official tariff text

Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, Brix value > 20 but <= 67 at 20°C, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg, containing > 30% added sugar (excl. or containing spirit, mixtures, lemon, orange and grapefruit juice)

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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 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 39 Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, Brix value … 7 of 17 subheadings under heading 2009
Is the Brix value over 67 at 20°C, or is it over 20 but no more than 67 at 20°C; and, where it is over 20 but no more than 67, is the net value per 100 kg over 30 euro or no more than 30 euro, is added sugar over 30 weight percent, no more than 30 weight percent or absent, and is the juice lemon juice or other citrus juice?
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Step 5 · Full code 2009 39 91 Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, Brix value … 8 of 10 codes under subheading 2009 39

Classification complete

2009 39 91

Non-fermented citrus juice, over 20 but not over 67 Brix, low value, with over 30% added sugar

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 20093991.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 14.4% to 33.6%.

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; 28 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 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama except Panama; Colombia; Ecuador; Panama; Peru; Türkiye.
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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.

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.

20.09.3900

Other

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. 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.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

14% + 17 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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Worth comparing

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Often confused with

2009 39 31 Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, Brix value > 20 but <= 67 at 20°C, value of > 30 € per 100 kg, containing added sugar (excl. containing spirit, mixtures, orange juice and grapefruit juice) 14.4%
That code covers citrus juice with a value per 100 kg net over €30, whereas this code covers a value not over €30.
2009 39 95 Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, Brix value > 20 but <= 67 at 20°C, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg, containing <= 30% added sugar (excl. containing spirit, mixtures, lemon, orange and grapefruit juice) 14.4%
That code covers the same type of citrus juice but with added sugar not over 30%, whereas this code requires over 30% added sugar.
2009 39 99 Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, Brix value > 20 but <= 67 at 20°C, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg (excl. containing added sugar, containing spirit, mixtures, lemon, orange and grapefruit juice) 15.2%
That code covers citrus juice with no added sugar, whereas this code requires over 30% added sugar.

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.

Non-fermented citrus juice, over 20 but not over 67 Brix, low value, with over 30% added sugar

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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