EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 1401.20

1401 20 00

1401 20 00: Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting: rattans

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 22 October 2026

  1. 1401 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark):
  2. 1401 20 00 Rattans

What you pay

Importing into EU

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 3 additional measures Import requirements: 3
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 5

  • 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
  • Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 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 duty 3 EUR
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 November 2026
    Legal act
    Regulation 0382/26
    Documents
    • C127 Merchant product identifier
    • C128 Non-standardised manufacturer product identifier
    • C129 Standardised manufacturer product identifier
    • Y081 No standardised manufacturer product identifier for the declared product exists
  • 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 3

  • 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 20%
  • Belgium 21%
  • Bulgaria 20%
  • Croatia 25%
  • Cyprus 5% reduced rate
  • Czechia 12% reduced rate
  • Denmark 25%
  • Estonia 24%
  • Finland 25.5%
  • France 20%
  • Germany 19%
  • Greece 24%
  • Hungary 27%
  • Ireland 23%
  • Italy 22%
  • Latvia 21%
  • Lithuania 21%
  • Luxembourg 17%
  • Malta 18%
  • Netherlands 21%
  • Poland 23%
  • Portugal 23%
  • Romania 21%
  • Slovakia 23%
  • Slovenia 22%
  • Spain 21%
  • Sweden 25%

TEDB · 24 October 2026

EU: imports by month · HS 1401.20

last 12 months€4.9m-49.4% · previous 12 months
Average import price€10.72 per kg
Preferential rate0%
Jan 2024: €487kFeb 2024: €462kMar 2024: €1.1mApr 2024: €741kMay 2024: €831kJun 2024: €897kJul 2024: €885kAug 2024: €1.2mSept 2024: €914kOct 2024: €1.3mNov 2024: €905kDec 2024: €1mJan 2025: €659kFeb 2025: €996kMar 2025: €472kApr 2025: €549kMay 2025: €682kJun 2025: €670kJul 2025: €1mAug 2025: €418kSept 2025: €470kOct 2025: €407kNov 2025: €443kDec 2025: €745kJan 2026: €232kFeb 2026: €423kMar 2026: €325kApr 2026: €362kMay 2026: €327kJun 2026: €522kJul 2026: €219kAug 2026: €393k 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
China €3m 62% -56.4%
Singapore €837k 17.2% -50%
Vietnam €540k 11.1% +71.7%
Indonesia €258k 5.3% -17.9%
Hong Kong SAR China €133k 2.7% +6.7%
Malaysia €35k 0.7% -56.8%
United Kingdom €35k 0.7% -1.6%
Taiwan €5k 0.1% —

Same subheading in other tariffs

1401.20 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting: rattans

Legal notes

Notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 14 →

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.

1401 20 00 · Rattans

See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 1401, second paragraph, (2).

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 Rattans Free —
2025 unchanged Free —
2024 unchanged Free —
2023 unchanged Free —
2022 unchanged Free —
2021 unchanged Free —
2020 unchanged Free —
2019 Rattans Free —

CN code 1401 20 00 is a line of the EU Combined Nomenclature under HS subheading 1401.20 (vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting: rattans).

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 1401.20 into the EU came to €4.9m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 49% on the year before); China supplied 62%, followed by Singapore.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free and the US duty is 0%–2%.

EU member states imported goods of subheading 1401.20 worth US$15.7m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was China.

Questions and answers

What is the EU import duty for CN code 1401 20 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 1401 20 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 1401.20 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was China (US$7.6m), followed by Singapore.

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