Code 0709 20 · Heading 0709

Fresh or chilled asparagus

This covers asparagus that is fresh or chilled. It does not cover other fresh or chilled vegetables named separately in the surrounding categories.

For example

Fresh green asparagus
Chilled white asparagus

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Official tariff text

Fresh or chilled asparagus

How we got to this code

II
07
0709
0709 20

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The path to this code

Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section II Vegetable products
Is the product a living plant or flower; an edible vegetable, root, tuber, fruit or nut; coffee, tea, maté or a spice; cereal; a milling product, malt, starch, inulin or wheat gluten; a seed, plant for industrial or medical use, straw or fodder plant; shellac, a carbohydrate gum, natural resin, plant sap or plant extract; or a vegetable plaiting material or another vegetable product not listed elsewhere?
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Step 2 · Chapter 07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 2 of 9 chapters in section II
Is it a specific fresh or chilled vegetable, another fresh or chilled vegetable, a frozen vegetable, a provisionally preserved vegetable not prepared for immediate consumption, a dried vegetable, a dried shelled legume, or a starchy or inulin-rich root or tuber?
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Step 3 · Heading 0709 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled (excl. potatoes,… 9 of 14 headings under chapter 07
Which named type is it: asparagus, aubergines, celery other than celeriac, Agaricus mushrooms, Boletus mushrooms, Cantharellus mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, matsutake mushrooms, truffles, other edible mushrooms and truffles, Capsicum or Pimenta fruits, spinach, New Zealand spinach or garden orache spinach, artichokes, olives, squash or other Cucurbita species, or another fresh or chilled vegetable?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0709 20 Fresh or chilled asparagus 1 of 16 subheadings under heading 0709
Are the goods fresh or chilled asparagus?

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Import duty on the codes below: 10.2%

Only one code below

0709 20 00

Fresh or chilled asparagus

10.2%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 3.2% to 12.8%.

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines2 Norwegian lines

07.09.2010 From 1 May to 14 November

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

10.0%

Their lines2 British lines
EU originDuty free

0709 20 00 10 Green

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

From 10.0% to 21.3%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines5 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

0709.20.10.10 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, Asparagus, Not reduced in size, entered during

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 2 Norwegian lines

Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

07.09.2010

From 1 May to 14 November

Ordinary duty

Duty free
07.09.2090

From 15 November to 30 April

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 2 British lines

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

10.0%

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 v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 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).

See the 5 US lines

Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

0709.20.10.10

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, Asparagus, Not reduced in size, entered during the period from September 15 to November 15, inclusive, in any year, and transported to the United States by air, White

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0709.20.10.90

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, Asparagus, Not reduced in size, entered during the period from September 15 to November 15, inclusive, in any year, and transported to the United States by air, Other

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0709.20.90.10

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, Asparagus, Other, White

General rate

21.3%

From the EU

21.3% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0709.20.90.40

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, Asparagus, Other, Certified organic

General rate

21.3%

From the EU

21.3% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0709.20.90.70

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, Asparagus, Other

General rate

21.3%

From the EU

21.3% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, 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.