Code 2208 40 · Heading 2208

Rum and tafia

This code covers rum and tafia. The more specific classification depends on the volatile-substance content, container size and value per litre of pure alcohol.

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A bottle of rum
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Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products

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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 40 Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermen… 3 of 7 subheadings under heading 2208
Is it rum with at least 225 g/hl of other volatile substances than ethyl and methyl alcohol, with 10% tolerance—then is the container holding not over 2 l or over 2 l—or, if that condition does not apply, is it in a container holding not over 2 l with a value per litre of pure alcohol over 7.9 euro or not over 7.9 euro, or in a container holding over 2 l with a value per litre of pure alcohol over 2 euro or not over 2 euro?

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2208 20 Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc No rate on file
2208 30 Whiskies No rate on file
2208 40 Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products you are here 0.0%
2208 50 Gin and Geneva No rate on file
2208 60 Vodka No rate on file
2208 70 Liqueurs and cordials No rate on file
2208 90 Ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc, whiskies, rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, gin, geneva, vodka, liqueurs and cordials) 0.0%

Export to Norway

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

22.08.4000

Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products

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.

2208 40 11 00

Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)

Ordinary duty

0.5 GBP / % vol / hl + 2.6 GBP / hl

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2208 40 31 00

Of a value exceeding 6.60 GBP per litre of pure alcohol

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2208 40 39 00

Other

Ordinary duty

0.5 GBP / % vol / hl + 2.6 GBP / hl

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2208 40 51 00

Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)

Ordinary duty

0.5 GBP / % vol / hl

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2208 40 91 00

Of a value exceeding 1.60 GBP per litre of pure alcohol

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2208 40 99 00

Other

Ordinary duty

0.5 GBP / % vol / hl

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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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.