Code 7304 51 81 · Subheading 7304 51
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This covers seamless precision tubes with a circular cross-section, made of alloy steel other than stainless steel and cold-drawn or cold-rolled. It does not cover tubes for oil or gas pipelines or extraction, or straight tubes with uniform wall thickness containing carbon of 0.9 weight percent or more but not over 1.15 weight percent and chromium of 0.5 weight percent or more but not over 2 weight percent, with or without molybdenum of not over 0.5 weight percent.
For example
Official tariff text
Precision tubes, seamless, of circular cross-section, of alloy steel other than stainless, cold-drawn or cold-rolled "cold-reduced" (excl. line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil and tubes, and pipes and hollow profiles, straight and of uniform wall-thickness, containing by weight >= 0,9% but <= 1,15% carbon and >= 0,5% but <= 2% chrome, whether or not containing by weight <= 0,5% molybdenum)
Classification complete
7304 51 81
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 73045181.
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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.
Trade-defence measures, such as anti-dumping duty, may apply to goods originating in any country except China.
This is recorded on a more detailed code below this one, so it may not cover your goods.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databasePreferential 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); European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; 30 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 any country except Brazil, China, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Ukraine; FTA partners except Argentina, Brazil, Singapore and Ukraine; Argentina; Brazil; China; European Union; Singapore; Ukraine.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Belarus; Ukraine; North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); any country except Russian Federation; Russian Federation; any country except Ceuta, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Melilla, Norway and Switzerland; Iran, Islamic Republic of; any country except 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.
73.04.5110
Of a wall thickness of more than 1.8 mm
73.04.5190
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.
7304 51 81 00
Precision tubes
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).
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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 straight tubes with uniform wall thickness and the stated carbon, chromium and molybdenum content ranges; this code excludes them.
That code covers welded precision tubes of alloy steel other than stainless steel, whereas this code covers seamless tubes.
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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