0808 10 80: Apples, pears and quinces, fresh: apples, other

Additional duties and import rules

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

TARIC subdivisions

Declare the 10-digit TARIC code that fits the goods: measures can differ between subdivisions.

Tariff quotas

Balances from the Commission’s weekly quota report of 23 October 2026.

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 4.9% 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 13.5% reduced rate
• France 5.5% reduced rate
• Germany 7% reduced rate
• Greece 13% reduced rate
• Hungary 27%
• Ireland 23%
• Italy 4% reduced rate
• Latvia 12% reduced rate
• Lithuania 21%
• Luxembourg 3% reduced rate
• Malta 0% reduced rate
• Netherlands 9% reduced rate
• Poland 5% reduced rate
• Portugal 6% reduced rate
• Romania 11% reduced rate
• Slovakia 5% / 19% reduced rate
• Slovenia 9.5% reduced rate
• Spain 21%
• Sweden 6% reduced rate

TEDB · 26 October 2026

Preferential rates by country

Footnotes

EU: imports by month · HS 0808.10

last 12 months€223.1m-30.9% · previous 12 months

Average import price€1.04 per kg

Preferential rate60%

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Chile	€88.4m	39.6%	-36.2%
South Africa	€57.3m	25.7%	-21.2%
New Zealand	€24.3m	10.9%	-33.3%
Moldova	€20.4m	9.2%	-6.5%
North Macedonia	€9m	4%	-29%
Brazil	€7.8m	3.5%	+58.1%
United Kingdom	€5m	2.2%	-8.5%
Serbia	€4.2m	1.9%	-65.2%

Same subheading in other tariffs

0808.10 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh: apples

UK 6% – 8% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 7.5% Türkiye 60.3% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free – 8.5% Third-country duty 22 tariff lines · average 0.4% Mexico 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil 9% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 9% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand Free Third-country duty 15 tariff lines Japan 17% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland specific or compound duty Third-country duty 8 tariff lines Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty North Macedonia 50% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

EU lines: 0808.10

• 0808 10 10Cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December7,2 MIN 0,36 €/100 kg/net
• 0808 10 80Apples, pears and quinces, fresh: apples, other

Binding rulings for similar goods

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 08 →

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.

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.

Questions and answers

Typical products

• apples, fresh

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.