Code 8609 00 90 · Subheading 8609 00
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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 freight containers, including containers for liquids or gases, that are specially designed and equipped for one or more transport modes. It does not cover lead-shielded containers for transporting radioactive substances under Euratom.
For example
Official tariff text
Containers specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport (excl. those with an anti-radiation lead covering for the transport of radioactive materials)
Classification complete
8609 00 90
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 86090090.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
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; 40 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 Iraq; Syria; Ukraine; any country; North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea).
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
86.09.0001
Containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perhalogenated fluorocarbons (PFC) or regulated chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
86.09.0009
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.
8609 00 90 00
Other
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 names non-self-propelled tank wagons, cistern wagons and similar railway or tramway vehicles, whereas this code names freight containers.
That code names covered and closed non-self-propelled railway or tramway freight wagons, whereas this code names freight containers for one or more transport modes.
That code is for containers with lead shielding for protection against radiation when transporting radioactive substances under Euratom; this code excludes them.
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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