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Code 2008 50 · Heading 2008

Prepared or preserved apricots, with or without added sugar, sweeteners or alcohol, excluding jam and purée

This covers prepared or preserved apricots, including products with added sugar, other sweeteners or alcohol. It excludes apricots prepared with sugar but not placed in a sugar solution, as well as jam, fruit jelly, marmalade, fruit purée and fruit mash made by cooking or other heat treatment.

For example

  • Apricots preserved in a sugar solution
  • Prepared apricots with added alcohol
See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Apricots, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl. preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and pastes, obtained by cooking)

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  3. 2008
  4. 2008 50
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Import duty on the codes below: 13.6–25.6%

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

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 lines1 Norwegian line

20.08.5000 Apricots

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

The rate depends on the line.

  • Their lines25 British lines
  • EU originDuty free

2008 50 11 00 Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding 11,85|%|mas

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

From 10.0% to 29.8%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines2 US lines
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

2008.50.20.00 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved

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.

  • 20.08.5000

    Apricots

    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 25 British lines

Selling to Great Britain

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

  • 2008 50 11 00

    Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding 11,85|%|mas

    Ordinary duty
    25.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 19 00

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    25% + 3.5 GBP / 100 kg
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 31 00

    Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding 11,85|%|mas

    Ordinary duty
    20.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 39 00

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    25.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 51 00

    With a sugar content exceeding 15 % by weight

    Ordinary duty
    25% + 3.5 GBP / 100 kg
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 59 00

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    25.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 61 10

    Flaked or powdered, whether or not containing starch

    Ordinary duty
    18.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 61 90

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    18.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
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  • 2008 50 69 10

    Flaked or powdered, whether or not containing starch

    Ordinary duty
    16.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 69 90

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    16.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 71 30

    Flaked or powdered, whether or not containing starch

    Ordinary duty
    20.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 71 90

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    20.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 79 10

    Flaked or powdered, whether or not containing starch

    Ordinary duty
    18.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 79 90

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    18.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 92 10

    Apricot halves

    Ordinary duty
    12.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 92 20

    Apricot pulp

    Ordinary duty
    12.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 92 30

    Flaked or powdered, whether or not containing starch

    Ordinary duty
    12.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 92 90

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    12.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 98 11

    Apricot halves

    Ordinary duty
    16.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 98 13

    Apricot pulp

    Ordinary duty
    16.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 98 15

    Flaked or powdered, whether or not containing starch

    Ordinary duty
    16.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 98 19

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    16.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 98 91

    Apricot halves

    Ordinary duty
    16.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 98 93

    Flaked or powdered, whether or not containing starch

    Ordinary duty
    16.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 2008 50 98 99

    Other

    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 2 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.

  • 2008.50.20.00

    Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included, Apricots, Pulp

    General rate
    10%
    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
  • 2008.50.40.00

    Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included, Apricots, Other

    General rate
    29.8%
    From the EU
    29.8% 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.