Code 0809 21 · Heading 0809

Fresh sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)

This code covers fresh sour cherries of the species Prunus cerasus. The cherries must be fresh and be this species, rather than other fresh cherries.

For example

Fresh Prunus cerasus sour cherries

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Official tariff text

Fresh sour cherries "Prunus cerasus"

How we got to this code

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0809
0809 21

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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 08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melo… 3 of 9 chapters in section II
What type of fruit, nut, or citrus or melon peel is it, and is it fresh, dried, frozen, cooked in water or steam, or preliminarily preserved?
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Step 3 · Heading 0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches incl. nectarines, plums… 9 of 14 headings under chapter 08
Which fresh fruit is it: apricots, sour cherries, other cherries, peaches or nectarines, or plums or sloes?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0809 21 Fresh sour cherries "Prunus cerasus" 2 of 5 subheadings under heading 0809
Are these fresh sour cherries of the species Prunus cerasus?

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Import duty on the codes below: 12.0%

Only one code below

0809 21 00

Fresh sour cherries "Prunus cerasus"

12.0%

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

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Classification decides the rate here: from 12.0% to 20.0%.

0809 10 Fresh apricots 20.0%
0809 21 Fresh sour cherries "Prunus cerasus" you are here 12.0%
0809 29 Fresh cherries (excl. sour cherries) 12.0%
0809 30 Fresh peaches, incl. nectarines No rate on file
0809 40 Fresh plums and sloes 12.0%

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

5,57 NOK per kg

Their lines1 Norwegian line

08.09.2100 Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

12.0%

Their lines1 British line
EU originDuty free

0809 21 00 00 Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

0809.21.00.00 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums (including prune plums)

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 1 Norwegian line

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.

08.09.2100

Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)

Ordinary duty

5,57 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.

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 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

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

0809 21 00 00

Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)

Ordinary duty

12.0%

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 1 US line

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.

0809.21.00.00

Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums (including prune plums) and sloes, fresh, Cherries, Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)

General rate

Free

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

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.