Code 2008 60 · Heading 2008

Prepared or preserved cherries with added sugar, sweeteners or alcohol, excluding jams and similar cooked fruit products

This covers cherries that have been prepared or preserved, including cherries with added sugar, other sweeteners or alcohol. It does not cover cherries prepared with sugar but not immersed in sugar solution, or jams, fruit jelly, marmalade, fruit purée or fruit mash made by cooking or other heat treatment.

For example

Cherries preserved in sugar solution
Cherries preserved with added alcohol

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Official tariff text

Cherries, 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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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 2008 Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prep… 8 of 9 headings under chapter 20
Which product group is it: peanuts; nuts, other kernels or seeds; pineapple; citrus fruits; pears; apricots; cherries; peaches or nectarines; strawberries; palm hearts; cranberries or lingonberries; a mixture of fruits, nuts or other edible plant parts; or another fruit or edible plant part?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2008 60 Cherries, prepared or preserved, whether or not con… 7 of 13 subheadings under heading 2008
Are the cherries prepared or preserved with added alcohol; if not, are they prepared or preserved with added sugar, and what is the net weight of the package; or are they prepared or preserved without added alcohol or sugar, and is the package at least 4,5 kg or under 4,5 kg?

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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

8,34 NOK per kg

Their lines1 Norwegian line

20.08.6000 Cherries

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines9 British lines
EU originDuty free

2008 60 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

6.9¢/kg + 4.5%. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines3 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

2008.60.00.20 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.

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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.

20.08.6000

Cherries

Ordinary duty

8,34 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.

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Selling to Great Britain

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

2008 60 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 60 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 60 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 60 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 60 50 10

Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)

Ordinary duty

16.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2008 60 50 90

Other

Ordinary duty

16.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2008 60 60 00

Not exceeding 1 kg

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2008 60 70 00

Of 4,5 kg or more

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 60 90 00

Of less than 4,5 kg

Ordinary duty

18.0%

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).

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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.

2008.60.00.20

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, Cherries, Maraschino

General rate

6.9¢/kg + 4.5%

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 6.9¢/kg + 4.5%. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where the ordinary duty is lower. The amount depends on the quantity and the customs value, so we do not turn it into a percentage. 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
2008.60.00.40

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, Cherries, Other, Sweet varieties

General rate

6.9¢/kg + 4.5%

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 6.9¢/kg + 4.5%. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where the ordinary duty is lower. The amount depends on the quantity and the customs value, so we do not turn it into a percentage. 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
2008.60.00.60

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, Cherries, Other, Tart varieties

General rate

6.9¢/kg + 4.5%

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 6.9¢/kg + 4.5%. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where the ordinary duty is lower. The amount depends on the quantity and the customs value, so we do not turn it into a percentage. 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.