Code 2940 00 · Heading 2940

Chemically pure sugars other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, acetals and esters and their salts, excluding specified vitamins, hormones, glycosides and plant alkaloids and their derivatives

This covers chemically pure sugars other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, as well as sugar ethers, sugar acetals, sugar esters and their salts. It does not cover the specified natural or synthetically reproduced provitamins, vitamins, hormones, glycosides and plant alkaloids, or their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives.

For example

A chemically pure sugar other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose or fructose
A sugar ester salt, excluding salts of the specified provitamins, vitamins, hormones, glycosides and plant alkaloids

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Sugars, chemically pure (excl. sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose); sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts (excl. natural or reproduced by synthesis, provitamins, vitamins, hormones, glycosides, vegetable alkaloids and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives)

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Step 1 · Section VI Products of the chemical or allied industries
Is it an inorganic or organic chemical; a pharmaceutical product; a fertilizer; a tanning or dye extract, pigment, paint, varnish, filler or printing ink; an essential oil, perfume, cosmetic or toilet product; soap, a surface-active, washing, cleaning, polishing or wax product; a protein, modified starch, glue or enzyme; an explosive, pyrotechnic article, match or other specified combustible material; a photographic or cinematographic product; or another chemical product?
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Step 2 · Chapter 29 Organic chemicals 2 of 11 chapters in section VI
What type of organic chemical is it—for example, a hydrocarbon, alcohol, acid, nitrogen compound, sulfur compound, heterocyclic compound, vitamin, hormone, glycoside, plant alkaloid, sugar, antibiotic or another listed organic compound?
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Step 3 · Heading 2940 Sukkerarter, kemisk rene (undtagen saccharose, lact… 40 of 42 headings under chapter 29
Is the product a chemically pure sugar other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, or a sugar ether, sugar acetal, sugar ester or salt thereof, while not being a listed provitamin, vitamin, hormone, glycoside or plant alkaloid or a derivative thereof?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2940 00 Sugars, chemically pure (excl. sucrose, lactose, ma… 1 of 1 subheading under heading 2940
Is it the single listed child category covering chemically pure sugars other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, sugar ethers, sugar acetals, sugar esters and their salts, with the stated exclusions?

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2940 00 00 Sugars, chemically pure (excl. sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose); sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts (excl. natural or reproduced by synthesis, provitamins, vitamins, hormones, glycosides, vegetable alkaloids and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives) No rate on file Save

Export to Norway

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

29.40.0000

Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of heading 29.37, 29.38 or 29.39.

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. 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.

2940 00 00 10

Rhamnose, raffinose and mannose

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2940 00 00 20

D-Xylose (CAS RN 58-86-6)

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2940 00 00 30

D(+)- Trehalose dihydrate (CAS RN 6138-23-4)

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2940 00 00 60

Methyl α-D-mannopyranoside (CAS RN 617-04-9) with a purity by weight of 98 % or more

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2940 00 00 70

Alpha-D-Mannopyranose, 6-acetate 2,3,4-tribenzoate 1-(2,2,2-trichloroethanimidate) (CAS RN 346441-49-4) with a purity by weight of 95 % or more

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2940 00 00 80

Other

Ordinary duty

Depends on the product details

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).

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.