Code 2302 40 08 · Subheading 2302 40

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Rice bran and other rice-processing residues, including pellets, with starch content > 35% by weight

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This code covers rice bran and other residues from sieving, milling or other processing of rice, including products in pellet form. The starch content must be > 35% by weight.

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Rice-milling residue with a starch content > 35% by weight
Pelleted rice-sieving residue with a starch content > 35% by weight

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Bran, sharps and other residues of rice, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from sifting, milling or other working, with starch content of > 35%

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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 23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepar… 8 of 9 chapters in section IV
What type of product is it: meal, powder or pellets of animal or aquatic materials unfit for human consumption; bran or other residues from processing grain or pulses; residues from starch, sugar, beer or alcohol production; soybean oilcake; peanut oilcake; other vegetable or microbial oilcake; wine lees or crude tartar; vegetable products or waste used as animal feed; or another prepared animal-feed product?
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Step 3 · Heading 2302 Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in … 2 of 9 headings under chapter 23
Does the product come from processing corn, wheat, another cereal except corn, rice or wheat, or a pulse?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2302 40 Bran, sharps and other residues of cereals, whether… 3 of 4 subheadings under heading 2302
Is the product made from rice, or from another cereal except maize, rice and wheat; and, if it is another cereal, does it have a starch content of <= 28 weight percent with <= 10 weight percent passing through a sieve with a mesh size of 0.2 mm, or, if > 10 weight percent passes through the sieve, an ash content in the sifted product of >= 1.5 weight percent?
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Step 5 · Full code 2302 40 08 Bran, sharps and other residues of rice, whether or… 2 of 4 codes under subheading 2302 40

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2302 40 08

Rice bran and other rice-processing residues, including pellets, with starch content > 35% by weight

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 23024008.

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another option 2302 40 02 Bran, sharps and other residues of rice, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from sifting, milling or other working, with starch content of <= 35% Special rate
you are here 2302 40 08 Bran, sharps and other residues of rice, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from sifting, milling or other working, with starch content of > 35% Special rate
another option 2302 40 10 Bran, sharps and other residues, in the form of pellets or not, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals, with a starch content <= 28% by weight, and of which <= 10% by weight passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0,2 mm or, if > 10% passes through, the proportion that passes through the sieve has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of >= 1,5% by weight (excl. bran, sharps and other residues of maize, rice or wheat) No rate on file
another option 2302 40 90 Bran, sharps and other residues of cereals, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from sifting, milling or other working (excl. those of maize, rice and wheat and those with a starch content of <= 28%, provided that either <=10% passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0,2 mm or, if > 10% passes through, the proportion that passes through has an ash content of >= 1,5%) Special rate

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 Western Sahara; United Kingdom; Morocco; San Marino; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; 39 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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Restrictions and paperwork

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

Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
- 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
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- 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 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Certificate of inspection for organic products
- Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
- Movement document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 5 and Annex IB
- Information document accompanying shipments of waste as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 18 and Annex VII
- Product not subjected to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157
- Notification document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 - Article 5 and Annex IA
- Goods not consigned from China
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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.

23.02.4010

Of rice, other than for feed purpose

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.
23.02.4090

Other

Ordinary duty

2,59 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. 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.

2302 40 08 00

Other

Ordinary duty

74 GBP / 1,000 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. 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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Often confused with

2302 40 02 Bran, sharps and other residues of rice, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from sifting, milling or other working, with starch content of <= 35% Special rate
This code covers similar rice residues with starch content <= 35% by weight, rather than > 35% by weight.
2302 40 10 Bran, sharps and other residues, in the form of pellets or not, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals, with a starch content <= 28% by weight, and of which <= 10% by weight passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0,2 mm or, if > 10% passes through, the proportion that passes through the sieve has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of >= 1,5% by weight (excl. bran, sharps and other residues of maize, rice or wheat) No rate on file
This code covers residues from grain other than maize, rice or wheat and applies the stated <= 28% starch and sieve or ash conditions.
2303 10 90 Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, incl. concentrated steeping liquors (excl. of starch from maize) No rate on file
This code covers residues from starch manufacture and similar residues, rather than the rice-sieving, milling or other processing residues named here.

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.

Rice bran and other rice-processing residues, including pellets, with starch content > 35% by weight

Rice bran and other rice-processing residues, including pellets, with starch content > 35% by weight

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Trade measures to be aware of

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