Code 2712 90 31 · Subheading 2712 90
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This code covers raw paraffin, microcrystalline wax, other mineral wax and similar products made synthetically or otherwise, when intended for treatment by the processes defined in the supplementary provision referred to in the legal text. It excludes petroleum jelly, paraffin with an oil content of less than 0.75% by weight, ozokerite, montan wax and peat wax.
For example
Official tariff text
Crude paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, for undergoing a specific process as defined in Additional Note 5 to chapter 27 (excl. petroleum jelly, paraffin wax containing < 0,75% by weight of oil, ozokerite, lignite wax and peat wax)
Classification complete
2712 90 31
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 27129031.
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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 2.2%.
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.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; Western Sahara; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); GSP - General arrangements except India and Indonesia; 51 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Ukraine; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Belarus; any country; Russian Federation.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
27.12.9000
Other
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
2712 90 31 00
For undergoing a specific process
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers the same type of raw wax products when intended for chemical conversion rather than treatment by the specified processes.
That code covers the same type of raw wax products when they are not intended for chemical conversion or treatment by the specified processes.
That code covers the wider remaining group of these waxes and similar products, whereas this code specifically states treatment by the specified processes.
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.
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