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Code 4502 00 · Heading 4502

Natural cork with the outer bark removed or cut into blocks, sheets, foils, strips or stopper blanks

This covers natural cork with its outer bark removed, roughly cut into square pieces, or cut into rectangular or square blocks, sheets, foils or strips. It also includes sharp-edged blanks for making stoppers.

For example

  • Natural cork with the outer bark removed
  • Rectangular natural cork sheets
  • Sharp-edged natural cork blanks for stoppers
See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in square or rectangular blocks, plates, sheets or strip, incl. sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers

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4502 00 00

Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in square or rectangular blocks, plates, sheets or strip, incl. sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers

Duty free

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

45.02.0000 Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

  • Their lines1 British line

4502 00 00 00 Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

0.0%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines1 US line
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

4502.00.00.00 Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks

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.

  • 45.02.0000

    Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edges blanks for corks or stoppers).

    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.

  • 4502 00 00 00

    Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers)

    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 1 US line

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.

  • 4502.00.00.00

    Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers)

    General rate
    Free
    From the EU
    0.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.97 U.S. note 52(j)(2) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.97, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.38 and 9903.05.39 shall not apply to articles the product of a member state of the European Union classifiable in the listed provisions

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.