Code 2844 43 20 · Subheading 2844 43
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This code covers artificial radioactive isotopes and compounds of them. It does not cover the specifically listed isotopes, including actinium-225, uranium-230 and uranium-232.
For example
Official tariff text
Artificial radioactive isotopes and their compounds (excl. tritium, actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230, uranium-232 and their compounds)
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2844 43 20
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 28444320.
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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; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 37 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 any country; Ukraine; North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); any country except Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
28.44.4300
Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds
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.
2844 43 20 00
Artificial radioactive isotopes ; compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes
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.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code specifically covers uranium-233 and compounds of it, whereas this code covers artificial radioactive isotopes and compounds other than the listed exclusions.
That code excludes artificial isotopes, while this code covers artificial radioactive isotopes except for the specifically listed isotopes.
That code covers isotopes and their inorganic or organic compounds generally, subject to its listed exclusions; this code specifically covers artificial radioactive isotopes and their compounds, subject to its own listed exclusions.
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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