Code 2208 40 · Heading 2208

Rum and tafia

This code covers rum and tafia. The more specific classification depends on the volatile-substance content, container size and value per litre of pure alcohol.

For example

A bottle of rum
A bottle of tafia

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Official tariff text

Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products

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IV
22
2208
2208 40

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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 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 7 of 9 chapters in section IV
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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Step 3 · Heading 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength … 8 of 9 headings under chapter 22
Is it a spirit distilled from grape wine or grape marc, whisky, rum or tafia, gin or genever, vodka, or a liqueur; or is it another non-denatured ethanol, spirit or spirituous drink with an alcohol content of < 80% vol?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2208 40 Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermen… 3 of 7 subheadings under heading 2208
Is it rum with at least 225 g/hl of other volatile substances than ethyl and methyl alcohol, with 10% tolerance—then is the container holding not over 2 l or over 2 l—or, if that condition does not apply, is it in a container holding not over 2 l with a value per litre of pure alcohol over 7.9 euro or not over 7.9 euro, or in a container holding over 2 l with a value per litre of pure alcohol over 2 euro or not over 2 euro?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

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2208 20 Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc 0.0%
2208 30 Whiskies 0.0%
2208 40 Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products you are here 0.0%
2208 50 Gin and Geneva 0.0%
2208 60 Vodka 0.0%
2208 70 Liqueurs and cordials 0.0%
2208 90 Ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc, whiskies, rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, gin, geneva, vodka, liqueurs and cordials) 0.0%

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

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

22.08.4000 Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines6 British lines

2208 40 11 00 Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

23.7¢/pf.liter. 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 lines4 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

2208.40.20.00 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol

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.

22.08.4000

Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products

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.

2208 40 11 00

Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)

Ordinary duty

0.5 GBP / % vol / hl + 2.6 GBP / hl

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2208 40 31 00

Of a value exceeding 6.60 GBP per litre of pure alcohol

Ordinary duty

Duty free
2208 40 39 00

Other

Ordinary duty

0.5 GBP / % vol / hl + 2.6 GBP / hl

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2208 40 51 00

Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)

Ordinary duty

0.5 GBP / % vol / hl

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2208 40 91 00

Of a value exceeding 1.60 GBP per litre of pure alcohol

Ordinary duty

Duty free
2208 40 99 00

Other

Ordinary duty

0.5 GBP / % vol / hl

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.

2208.40.20.00

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, In containers each holding not over 4 liters, Valued not over $3 per proof liter

General rate

23.7¢/pf.liter

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 23.7¢/pf.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
2208.40.40.00

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, In containers each holding not over 4 liters, Valued over $3 per proof liter

General rate

Free

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
2208.40.60.00

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, In containers each holding over 4 liters, Valued not over 69¢ per proof liter

General rate

23.7¢/pf.liter

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 23.7¢/pf.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
2208.40.80.00

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, In containers each holding over 4 liters, Valued over 69¢ per proof liter

General rate

Free

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.