EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 0105.99

0105 99 50

0105 99 50: Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus: other, guinea fowls

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 0105 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls:
  2. Other:
  3. 0105 99 Other:
  4. 0105 99 50 Guinea fowls

What you pay

Importing into EU

Customs duty 34,5 €/100 kg/net standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 4
VAT standard rate of the member state of import, 17% to 27%
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Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Additional duties and charges 3

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 50% with document Y-155 (Products exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or Belarus) · otherwise free
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    Regulation 1227/25
    Documents
    • Y155 Products exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or Belarus
  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 50%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    Regulation 1227/25
  • Handling feeUnion handling fee 2 EUR
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 November 2026
    Legal act
    Regulation 2108/26
    Documents
    • Y126 Goods sold in distance sales

Import requirements 4

  • Import controlVeterinary control
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Andorra, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino
    Legal act
    Regulation 0632/21
    Documents
    • C640 Common Health Entry Document for Animals (CHED-A) (as set out in Part 2, Section A of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
    • Y170 Goods with third country origin coming from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y171 Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y175 Goods with third country origin coming from Liechtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y176 Goods with third country origin coming from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y177 Goods with third country origin coming from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation.
  • Import controlImport control of organic products
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
    Legal act
    Regulation 2306/21
    Documents
    • C644 Certificate of inspection for organic products
    • Y929 Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
  • Import control
    Applies to goods from
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    Regulation 0692/14
    Documents
    • Y997 Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
    • N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
    • N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
  • Import control
    Applies to goods from
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    Regulation 0263/22
    Documents
    • Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
    • N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
    • N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document

Import VAT in the EU member states

The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.

  • Austria 13% reduced rate
  • Belgium 6% reduced rate
  • Bulgaria 20%
  • Croatia 5% reduced rate
  • Cyprus 5% reduced rate
  • Czechia 12% reduced rate
  • Denmark 25%
  • Estonia 24%
  • Finland 25.5%
  • France 5.5% reduced rate
  • Germany 7% reduced rate
  • Greece 13% reduced rate
  • Hungary 27%
  • Ireland 23%
  • Italy 10% reduced rate
  • Latvia 21%
  • Lithuania 21%
  • Luxembourg 3% reduced rate
  • Malta 0% reduced rate
  • Netherlands 21%
  • Poland 8% reduced rate
  • Portugal 6% reduced rate
  • Romania 11% reduced rate
  • Slovakia 23%
  • Slovenia 9.5% reduced rate
  • Spain 10% reduced rate
  • Sweden 25%

TEDB · 30 October 2026

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—34,5 €/100 kg/net
GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms)
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 more

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

Free
CARIFORUM
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 more

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago

Free
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories)
Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and 8 more

Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, New Caledonia, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna

Free
Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Free
SADC EPA Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia Free
Eastern and Southern Africa States Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe Free
EU–Andorra agreement Andorra Free
EU–Albania agreement Albania Free
EU–Bosnia & Herzegovina agreement Bosnia & Herzegovina Free
EU–Canada agreement Canada Free
EU–Côte d’Ivoire agreement Côte d’Ivoire Free
EU–Cameroon agreement Cameroon Free
EU–Colombia agreement Colombia Free
EU–Ecuador agreement Ecuador Free
EU–Egypt agreement Egypt Free
Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. Western Sahara Free
EU–Fiji agreement Fiji Free
EU–United Kingdom agreement United Kingdom Free
EU–Georgia agreement Georgia Free
EU–Ghana agreement Ghana Free
EU–Israel agreement Israel Free
EU–Iceland agreement Iceland Free
EU–Jordan agreement Jordan Free
EU–Japan agreement Japan Free
EU–Kenya agreement Kenya Free
EU–South Korea agreement South Korea Free
EU–Lebanon agreement Lebanon Free
EU–Morocco agreement Morocco Free
EU–Moldova agreement Moldova Free
EU–Montenegro agreement Montenegro Free
EU–North Macedonia agreement North Macedonia Free
EU–New Zealand agreement New Zealand Free
EU–Peru agreement Peru Free
EU–Papua New Guinea agreement Papua New Guinea Free
EU–Palestinian Territories agreement Palestinian Territories Free
EU–Serbia agreement Serbia Free
EU–Singapore agreement Singapore Free
EU–San Marino customs union San Marino Free
EU–Ukraine agreement Ukraine Free
EU–Vietnam agreement Vietnam Free
EU–Samoa agreement Samoa Free
EU–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
EU–South Africa agreement South Africa Free
Mercosur Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay 31.36 EUR / 100 kg
EU–Chile agreement Chile 25.87 EUR / 100 kg
EU–Mexico agreement Mexico 0 EUR / 1000 p/st

EU: imports by month · HS 0105.99

last 12 months€314-99.5% · previous 12 months
Average import price€3.69 per kg
Preferential rate0%
Jan 2024: €448Feb 2024: €19Apr 2024: €11May 2024: €1Jul 2024: €420Sept 2024: €66kNov 2024: €1Jan 2025: €2kFeb 2025: €354Jun 2025: €20Aug 2025: €0Sept 2025: €1Nov 2025: €133Jan 2026: €1Feb 2026: €147Mar 2026: €31Apr 2026: €1 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
South Korea €163 51.9% +16,200%
United States €147 46.8% -58.5%
China €4 1.3% —
United Kingdom €0 0% -100%
Türkiye €0 0% -100%

Same subheading in other tariffs

0105.99 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus: other, other

EU lines: 0105.99

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 01 →

CN Explanatory Notes

The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.

0105 · Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls

This heading covers only live domestic birds of the kinds specified in the heading (fowls of the species Gallus domesticus include chickens and capons), whether bred for laying, for their meat, for their feathers or for any other purpose (for example, for the stocking of aviaries, parks or lakes).

Wild birds (for example, wild turkeys — Meleagris gallopavo), even though they may be bred and slaughtered in a similar manner to the domestic birds specified in this heading, are classified in subheading 0106 39 80.

Pigeons of the domestic species are classified in subheading 0106 39 10.

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union

This line in earlier years

The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.

YearDescriptionThird-country dutySupplementary unit
2026 Guinea fowls 34,5 €/100 kg/net p/st
2025 unchanged 34,5 €/100 kg/net p/st
2024 unchanged 34,5 €/100 kg/net p/st
2023 unchanged 34,5 €/100 kg/net p/st
2022 unchanged 34,5 €/100 kg/net p/st
2021 unchanged 34,5 €/100 kg/net p/st
2020 unchanged 34,5 €/100 kg/net p/st
2019 Guinea fowls 34,5 €/100 kg/net p/st

In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 0105 99 50 is one of 4 lines under subheading 0105.99, live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus: other, other.

The third-country duty is a specific or compound duty: 34,5 €/100 kg/net.

Goods from 127 countries can enter the EU at a preferential rate instead of the standard 34,5 €/100 kg/net; 121 of them pay no duty at all, for example under GSP-EBA or CARIFORUM.

In the EU, additional duty of 50% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported goods of subheading 0105.99 worth €314 (down 99% on the year before), at an average of €3.69 per kg; South Korea supplied 52%, followed by United States.

For the same subheading, the Türkiye duty is 0%–49%, the Canada duty is 3%, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 3.6%, the Argentina duty is 3.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 0%–4%, the GCC duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 15% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.

EU member states imported goods of subheading 0105.99 worth US$192m in 2024.

Questions and answers

What is the EU import duty for CN code 0105 99 50?

The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 34,5 €/100 kg/net; the supplementary unit is p/st. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which countries get a lower rate on 0105 99 50?

127 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 121 of them at 0%, under GSP-EBA, CARIFORUM and OCTs and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.

Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 0105 99 50?

Additional duty of 50% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.

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