Code 2009 31 · Heading 2009

Unfermented citrus juice, no added alcohol, Brix value <= 20 at 20°C, worth > 30 € per 100 kg net, excluding mixtures, orange juice and grapefruit juice

This covers unfermented juice from citrus fruits other than oranges and grapefruits, with no added alcohol. It may contain added sugar or other sweeteners, must have a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C, and must be worth > 30 € per 100 kg net; mixtures are excluded.

For example

Unsweetened lemon juice with a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C and a value of > 30 € per 100 kg net
Sweetened lime juice with a Brix value of <= 20 at 20°C and a value of > 30 € per 100 kg net

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Official tariff text

Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, Brix value <= 20 at 20°C, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit, mixtures, orange juice and grapefruit juice)

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2009 31

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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 2009 Fruit juices, incl. grape must, and vegetable juice… 9 of 9 headings under chapter 20
Which juice is it—orange, grapefruit, another citrus fruit, pineapple, tomato, grape or grape must, apple, cranberry or lingonberry, another fruit or vegetable, or a mixture—and, where relevant, is it frozen, what is its Brix value at 20°C, and for certain citrus juice is its value per 100 kg net over €30?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2009 31 Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, Brix value … 6 of 17 subheadings under heading 2009
Is the value > 30 € or <= 30 € per 100 kg net; if it is <= 30 €, is it lemon juice or other citrus juice; and is sugar added?

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Import duty on the codes below: 14.4–15.2%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 10.5% to 22.4%.

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

20.09.3100 Of a Brix value not exceeding 20

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

14.0%

Their lines16 British lines
EU originDuty free

2009 31 11 11 Powdered

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

1.8¢/kg. 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 lines8 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

2009.31.10.20 Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices

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.

20.09.3100

Of a Brix value not exceeding 20

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.

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Selling to Great Britain

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

All 16 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

14.0%

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.

2009.31.10.20

Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Juice of any other single citrus fruit, Of a Brix value not exceeding 20, Lime, Unfit for beverage purposes, Not concentrated

General rate

1.8¢/kg

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 1.8¢/kg. 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
2009.31.10.40

Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Juice of any other single citrus fruit, Of a Brix value not exceeding 20, Lime, Unfit for beverage purposes, Concentrated

General rate

1.8¢/kg

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 1.8¢/kg. 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
2009.31.20.20

Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Juice of any other single citrus fruit, Of a Brix value not exceeding 20, Lime, Other, Not concentrated

General rate

1.7¢/liter

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 1.7¢/liter. 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
2009.31.20.40

Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Juice of any other single citrus fruit, Of a Brix value not exceeding 20, Lime, Other, Concentrated

General rate

1.7¢/liter

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 1.7¢/liter. 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
2009.31.40.00

Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Juice of any other single citrus fruit, Of a Brix value not exceeding 20, Other, Not concentrated

General rate

3.4¢/liter

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 3.4¢/liter. 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
2009.31.60.20

Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Juice of any other single citrus fruit, Of a Brix value not exceeding 20, Other, Concentrated, Lemon juice, Frozen

General rate

7.9¢/liter

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 7.9¢/liter. 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
2009.31.60.40

Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Juice of any other single citrus fruit, Of a Brix value not exceeding 20, Other, Concentrated, Lemon juice, Other

General rate

7.9¢/liter

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 7.9¢/liter. 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
2009.31.60.60

Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Juice of any other single citrus fruit, Of a Brix value not exceeding 20, Other, Concentrated, Other

General rate

7.9¢/liter

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 7.9¢/liter. 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.