Code 4504 90 · Heading 4504

Pressed cork and articles made from it, excluding specified products

This code covers pressed cork, with or without a binder, and articles made from it. It does not cover footwear and parts, headwear and parts, base-metal capsules with cork-disc inserts, toys, games, sports articles and parts, blocks, boards, sheets, foils, strips, tiles, or solid cylinders including discs.

For example

A non-cylindrical pressed-cork stopper
A pressed-cork decorative ornament that is not a specified excluded product

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Official tariff text

Agglomerated cork, with or without a binding substance, and articles of agglomerated cork (excl. footware and parts thereof; insoles, whether or not removable; headgear and parts thereof; plugs and dividers for shotgun cartridges; toys, games and sports equipment and parts thereof; blocks, plates, sheets or strips; tiles of any shape; solid cylinders, incl. discs)

How we got to this code

IX
45
4504
4504 90

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

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and …
Is the item made of wood or charcoal, made of cork, or a basketry or other product made of plaiting materials?
✓
Step 2 · Chapter 45 Cork and articles of cork 2 of 3 chapters in section IX
Is it raw or roughly worked natural cork or cork waste; natural cork in the specified blocks, sheets, foils, strips or stopper blanks; another product made from natural cork; or agglomerated cork and a product made from it?
✓
Step 3 · Heading 4504 Agglomerated cork, with or without a binding substa… 4 of 4 headings under chapter 45
Is it a pressed-cork tile of any shape, block, board, sheet, foil, strip or solid cylinder, including a disc?
✓
Step 4 · Subheading 4504 90 Agglomerated cork, with or without a binding substa… 2 of 2 subheadings under heading 4504
Is it a pressed-cork stopper, and if so, is it non-cylindrical?

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Import duty on the codes below: 4.7%

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4504 10 Tiles of any shape, blocks, plates, sheets and strip, solid cylinders, incl. discs, of agglomerated cork 4.7%
4504 90 Agglomerated cork, with or without a binding substance, and articles of agglomerated cork (excl. footware and parts thereof; insoles, whether or not removable; headgear and parts thereof; plugs and dividers for shotgun cartridges; toys, games and sports equipment and parts thereof; blocks, plates, sheets or strips; tiles of any shape; solid cylinders, incl. discs) you are here 4.7%

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 lines2 Norwegian lines

45.04.9001 Joints and gaskets for engines of motor vehicles and other engines

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines3 British lines

4504 90 20 00 Corks and stoppers

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

4504.90.00.00 Agglomerated cork (with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 2 Norwegian lines

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.

45.04.9001

Joints and gaskets for engines of motor vehicles and other engines

Ordinary duty

Duty free
45.04.9009

Other

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 3 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

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.

4504.90.00.00

Agglomerated cork (with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork, Other

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.