Code 2208 20 · Heading 2208

Spirits distilled from grape wine or grape pomace

This covers spirits made by distilling grape wine or grape pomace. The children distinguish named types and whether the container content is <= 2 l or > 2 l.

For example

Cognac
Armagnac
Grappa
Brandy/Weinbrand

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Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc

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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 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 7 of 9 chapters in section IV
What type of product is it: still or carbonated water; sweetened, flavoured water or another non-alcoholic drink; beer; wine from fresh grapes; vermouth or other flavoured wine from fresh grapes; cider, perry, mead or another fermented drink; ethanol or other spirits; or vinegar?
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Step 3 · Heading 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength … 8 of 9 headings under chapter 22
Is it a spirit distilled from grape wine or grape marc, whisky, rum or tafia, gin or genever, vodka, or a liqueur; or is it another non-denatured ethanol, spirit or spirituous drink with an alcohol content of < 80% vol?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2208 20 Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape … 1 of 7 subheadings under heading 2208
Which type is it—cognac, Armagnac, Brandy de Jerez, brandy/Weinbrand, grappa, another spirit distilled from grape wine, or another spirit distilled from grape pomace—and is the container content <= 2 l or > 2 l?

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Export to Norway

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22.08.2000

Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc

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.

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Ordinary duty

Duty free

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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