1302 31 00: Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived: agar-agar
✓ Can be used in a customs declarationData: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
1302 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:
Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:
1302 31 00 Agar-agar
What you pay
Importing into EU
Customs dutyFree standard rate depends on the country of origin
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 5
Additional dutyAdditional duties50% 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 duties50%
Applies to goods from
Belarus, Russia
Legal act
Regulation 1227/25
Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty3 EUR
Applies to goods from
all countries
In force
until 31 October 2026
Legal act
Regulation 0382/26
Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty3 EUR
C678 Common Health Entry Document for Feed and Food of Non-Animal Origin (CHED-D) (as set out in Part 2, Section D of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
Y978 Exemption by virtue paragraph 3 of Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1793
Y937 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793
Y176 Goods with third country origin coming from Norway, 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
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
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.
Austria20%
Belgium21%
Bulgaria20%
Croatia25%
Cyprus19%
Czechia12% reduced rate
Denmark25%
Estonia24%
Finland13.5% reduced rate
France5.5% reduced rate
Germany19%
Greece24%
Hungary5% reduced rate
Ireland23%
Italy22%
Latvia21%
Lithuania21%
Luxembourg17%
Malta0% reduced rate
Netherlands21%
Poland23%
Portugal23%
Romania21%
Slovakia19% reduced rate
Slovenia22%
Spain10% reduced rate
Sweden6% reduced rate
TEDB · 7 November 2026
EU: imports by month · HS 1302.31
last 12 months€21.1m-22.8% · previous 12 months
Average import price€13.70 per kg
Preferential rate0%
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)
(c) extracts of coffee, tea or maté (heading 2101);
(d) vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages (Chapter 22);
(e) camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading 2914 or 2938;
(f) concentrates of poppy straw containing not less than 50 % by weight of alkaloids (heading 2939);
(g) medicaments of heading 3003 or 3004 or blood-grouping reagents (heading 3822);
(h) tanning or dyeing extracts (heading 3201 or 3203);
(ij) essential oils, concretes, absolutes, resinoids, extracted oleoresins, aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils or preparations based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages (Chapter 33); or
(k) natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading 4001).
Additional note
1. Mixtures of pectic substances and sugar, with a sugar content exceeding 90 % by weight, calculated on the dry matter, are excluded from classification under subheading 130220 and are, in principle, to be classified in Chapter 17, since the character of the product is deemed to be determined by the sugar.
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.
1302 · Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
Vegetable extracts of heading 1302 are crude raw vegetable materials obtained by, for instance, solvent extraction, which are not further chemically modified or processed. However, inert additives (for example, anti-caking agents) and processing related to standardisation, or physical treatment, such as drying or filtration, are allowed
1302 31 00 to 1302 39 00 · Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
As long as a product either swells in cold water or dissolves in hot water, the mentioned criteria of the HS Explanatory Note to heading 1302, (C), first paragraph, are fulfilled.
1302 31 00 · Agar-agar
See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 1302, (C), (1).
The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.
Year
Description
Third-country duty
Supplementary unit
2026
Agar-agar
Free
—
2025
unchanged
Free
—
2024
unchanged
Free
—
2023
unchanged
Free
—
2022
unchanged
Free
—
2021
unchanged
Free
—
2020
unchanged
Free
—
2019
Agar-agar
Free
—
CN code 1302 31 00 is a line of the EU Combined Nomenclature under HS subheading 1302.31 (mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived: agar-agar).
The third-country duty is free, and quantities are declared in —.
In the EU, additional duty of 50% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of goods of subheading 1302.31 into the EU came to €21.1m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 23% on the year before); China supplied 59%, followed by Morocco.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 15%, the Brazil duty is 9%, the Argentina duty is 9%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 3.5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 1302.31 worth US$73m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was China.
Questions and answers
What is the EU import duty for CN code 1302 31 00?
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is free; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 1302 31 00?
Additional duty of 50% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
Where does the EU import these goods from?
For subheading 1302.31 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was China (US$27m), followed by Morocco.
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