1401 10 00 · Bamboos
See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 1401, second paragraph, (1).
EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 1401.10
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
Importing into EU
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
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.
TEDB · 26 October 2026
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| €34.6m | 88% | -25.2% | |
| €3.8m | 9.8% | +12.2% | |
| €398k | 1% | -9.9% | |
| €142k | 0.4% | -33.3% | |
| €75k | 0.2% | +3.5% | |
| €41k | 0.1% | -78.4% | |
| €32k | 0.1% | +3,226,900% | |
| €30k | 0.1% | +25.2% |
1401.10 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting: bamboos
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
1. This chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified in Section XI: vegetable materials or fibres of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however prepared, or other vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use only as textile materials.
2. Heading 1401 applies, inter alia, to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn lengthwise, cut to length, rounded at the ends, bleached, rendered non-inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like, to rattan cores and to drawn or split rattans. The heading does not apply to chipwood (heading 4404).
3. Heading 1404 does not apply to wood wool (heading 4405) and prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).
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.
See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 1401, second paragraph, (1).
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union
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 | Bamboos | Free | — |
| 2025 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2024 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2023 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2022 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2021 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2020 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2019 | Bamboos | Free | — |
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 1401 10 00 is one of 1 line under subheading 1401.10, vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting: bamboos.
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.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported goods of subheading 1401.10 worth €39.3m (down 23% on the year before), at an average of €0.73 per kg; China supplied 88%, followed by Thailand.
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 10%, the Brazil duty is 5.4%, the Argentina duty is 5.4%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 8.5%, the Taiwan duty is free, 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 1401.10 worth US$57m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was China.
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.
Additional duty of 50% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
For subheading 1401.10 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was China (US$41m), followed by Thailand.
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.