Code 3505 20 50 · Subheading 3505 20
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This covers glue based on starch, dextrin or other modified starch. The content is at least 55% but less than 80% by weight, and retail packs with a net weight <= 1 kg are excluded.
Official tariff text
Glues containing >= 55% but < 80% starches, dextrins or other modified starches by weight (excl. those put up for retail sale and weighing net <= 1 kg)
Classification complete
3505 20 50
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 35052050.
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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 San Marino; 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); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); 43 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 databaseA tariff quota is recorded for this code. This does not say whether any of the quota is still available. It covers goods originating in Ukraine.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Ukraine; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
35.05.2000
Glues
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.
3505 20 50 00
Containing, by weight, 55|% or more but less than 80|% of starches or dextrins or other modified starches
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 covers the same type of glue with at least 25% but less than 55% by weight of starch, dextrin or other modified starch, rather than at least 55% but less than 80%.
That code covers the same type of glue with at least 80% by weight of starch, dextrin or other modified starch, rather than at least 55% but less than 80%.
That code covers goods usable as glue or adhesive in retail packs indicating that use and with a net weight <= 1 kg per item; this code excludes glue in such retail packs.
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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