Chapter 22 · Section IV

Beverages, ethanol and vinegar

This group covers alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, ethanol (ethyl alcohol), and vinegar or vinegar substitutes made from acetic acid. It includes products such as water, beer, wine, spirits, fermented drinks and vinegar.

For example

Natural mineral water, not sweetened or flavoured
Beer
Wine from fresh grapes
Vinegar

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BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR

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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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What type of product is it: still or carbonated water; sweetened, flavoured water or another non-alcoholic drink; beer; wine from fresh grapes; vermouth or other flavoured wine from fresh grapes; cider, perry, mead or another fermented drink; ethanol or other spirits; or vinegar?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–32.0%

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5.4–9.6% 2202 99 Non-alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer)

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 6.2%.

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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.