Code 4206 00 · Heading 4206

Products made from intestines, goldbeater’s skin, bladders or tendons, excluding catgut and certain sterile suture materials

This covers products made from intestines, goldbeater’s skin, bladders or tendons. It does not cover sterile catgut or similar sterile suture materials, or catgut including strings for musical instruments.

For example

An animal-intestine casing, not made as catgut
A dried animal-bladder article

See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Articles of gut, goldbeater's skin, bladders or tendons (excl. silkworm gut, sterile catgut, other sterile surgical suture material and strings for musical instruments)

How we got to this code

VIII
42
4206
4206 00

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The path to this code

Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles…
Is it raw hides or skins other than fur skins, a leather good or saddlery/travel item, or fur or artificial fur and goods made from it?
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Step 2 · Chapter 42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel g… 2 of 3 chapters in section VIII
Is the item animal saddlery; a listed container, travel item or handbag made of the named materials; leather or composition-leather clothing or an accessory; another leather or composition-leather item covered by the listed category; or a product made from intestines, goldbeater’s skin, bladders or tendons?
✓
Step 3 · Heading 4206 Varer af tarme, guldslagerhinde, blærer eller sener… 5 of 5 headings under chapter 42
Is the item made from intestines, goldbeater’s skin, bladders or tendons, and is it not sterile catgut, a similar sterile suture material, or catgut including a musical-instrument string?
✓
Step 4 · Subheading 4206 00 Articles of gut, goldbeater's skin, bladders or ten… 1 of 1 subheading under heading 4206
Is the item made from intestines, goldbeater’s skin, bladders or tendons, and is it not sterile catgut, similar sterile suture material, or catgut including a musical-instrument string?

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Import duty on the codes below: 1.7%

Only one code below

4206 00 00

Articles of gut, goldbeater's skin, bladders or tendons (excl. silkworm gut, sterile catgut, other sterile surgical suture material and strings for musical instruments)

1.7%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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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

42.06.0000 Articles of gut (other than slik-worm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

4206 00 00 00 Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines4 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

4206.00.13.00 Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons

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.

42.06.0000

Articles of gut (other than slik-worm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons.

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 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

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

4206 00 00 00

Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons

Ordinary duty

Duty free

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 4 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.

4206.00.13.00

Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons, Of catgut, If imported for use in the manufacture of sterile surgical sutures

General rate

3.5%

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
4206.00.19.10

Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons, Of catgut, Other, Racquet strings

General rate

3.9%

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
4206.00.19.30

Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons, Of catgut, Other

General rate

3.9%

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
4206.00.90.00

Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons, Other

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.