Code 9701 21 · Heading 9701

Handmade paintings, watercolours, pastels and drawings over 100 years old

This code covers handmade paintings, including oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and handmade drawings that are over 100 years old. It excludes technical drawings and similar items under heading 4906, as well as hand-painted or hand-decorated industrial products.

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A handmade oil painting over 100 years old
A handmade watercolour over 100 years old
A handmade pastel drawing over 100 years old
A handmade drawing over 100 years old

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Official tariff text

Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand, over 100 years old (excl. technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles)

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Step 1 · Section XXI Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
Are the goods artworks, collectors’ items or antiques?
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Step 2 · Chapter 97 Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques 1 of 1 chapter in section XXI
Is it a painting, drawing or pastel made exclusively by hand, a collage or similar work; an original print, engraving or lithograph; an original sculpture; a cancelled or uncancelled stamp, stamped paper or similar item; a specified zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic collection or collectors’ item; or an antique over 100 years old?
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Step 3 · Heading 9701 Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pas… 1 of 6 headings under chapter 97
Is it a painting, drawing or pastel, a mosaic, or a collage or similar work—and is it over 100 years old?
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Step 4 · Subheading 9701 21 Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pas… 1 of 6 subheadings under heading 9701
Is it a handmade painting, watercolour, pastel or drawing over 100 years old, rather than a mosaic or a collage or similar item?

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9701 21 00 Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand, over 100 years old (excl. technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles) Duty free Save

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9701 21 Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand, over 100 years old (excl. technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles) you are here 0.0%
9701 22 Mosaics, over 100 years old 0.0%
9701 29 Collages and similar decorative plaques, over 100 years old (excl. mosaics) 0.0%
9701 91 Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. over 100 years old, and technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles) 0.0%
9701 92 Mosaics (excl. over 100 years old) 0.0%
9701 99 Collages and similar decorative plaques (excl. over 100 years old, and mosaics) 0.0%

Export to Norway

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

97.01.2100

Paintings, drawings and pastels

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. 9, 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.

All 2 UK lines under this code

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Ordinary duty

Duty free

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. 9, 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).

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