Code 2001 10 · Heading 2001

Cucumbers and gherkins prepared or preserved with vinegar or acetic acid

This code covers cucumbers and gherkins that are prepared or preserved with vinegar or acetic acid. The product must be a cucumber or gherkin, rather than another edible plant part.

For example

Cucumbers preserved with vinegar
Gherkins prepared with acetic acid

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Official tariff text

Cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

How we got to this code

IV
20
2001
2001 10

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The path to this code

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

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Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other pa… 5 of 9 chapters in section IV
How has the vegetable, fruit, nut or other edible plant part been prepared or preserved: with vinegar or acetic acid; as tomatoes, mushrooms or truffles prepared in another way; as frozen or non-frozen vegetables; with sugar as drained, glazed or candied pieces; as jam, fruit jelly, marmalade, fruit or nut purée or fruit or nut paste made by cooking; as other prepared or preserved fruit, nuts or edible plant parts; or as unfermented fruit or vegetable juice without added alcohol?
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Step 3 · Heading 2001 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of p… 1 of 9 headings under chapter 20
Is the product a cucumber or a gherkin prepared or preserved with vinegar or acetic acid?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2001 10 Cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or preserved by vi… 1 of 2 subheadings under heading 2001
Are the prepared or preserved edible plant parts cucumbers or gherkins?

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Import duty on the codes below: 17.6%

Only one code below

2001 10 00

Cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

17.6%

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

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 17.6%.

2001 10 Cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid you are here 17.6%
2001 90 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. cucumbers and gherkins) 0.0–16.0%

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

12,92 NOK per kg

Their lines2 Norwegian lines
EU origin12,92 NOK per kg

20.01.1001 In airtight containers

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

16.0%

Their lines3 British lines
EU originDuty free

2001 10 00 11 Not containing added sugar

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

2001.10.00.00 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar

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.

20.01.1001

In airtight containers

Ordinary duty

12,92 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

12,92 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
20.01.1009

Other

Ordinary duty

12,92 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

12,92 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

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 3 British lines

Selling to Great Britain

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

All 3 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

16.0%

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.

2001.10.00.00

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, Cucumbers including gherkins

General rate

9.6%

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.