Code 7312 10 20 · Subheading 7312 10
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers twisted wire, cables and wire rope made of stainless steel. It does not cover insulated wire for electrical use, barbed wire or loosely twisted double wire.
For example
Official tariff text
Stranded wire, ropes and cables, of stainless steel (excl. electrically insulated products and twisted fencing wire and barbed wire)
Classification complete
7312 10 20
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 73121020.
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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; 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 databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Belarus; Ukraine; any country except Russian Federation; Russian Federation; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
73.12.1001
Metal coated
73.12.1002
Not metal coated
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.
7312 10 20 00
Of stainless steel
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.
This code covers cables and wire rope of iron or steel other than stainless steel, with the largest cross-sectional dimension over 3 mm but not over 12 mm, that are not coated or only galvanized.
This code covers woven wire mesh of stainless steel, whereas this code covers twisted wire, cables and wire rope.
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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