1806 · Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
Only products containing cocoa beans, cocoa paste or cocoa powder are considered to contain cocoa within the meaning of heading 1806.
EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 1806.32
Chocolate bars, not filled
✓ 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
EA = agricultural component, AD S/Z = additional duty on sugar, AD F/M = additional duty on flour. Their amounts depend on the Meursing additional code of the goods (milk fat, milk protein, starch and sugar content).
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
| Order number | Origin | In-quota duty | Period | Volume | Balance | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.0799 | Iceland | 4.1 % + EAR MAX 9.3 % +ADSZR MAX 35.15 EUR / 100 kg · 4.5 % + 22.55 EUR / 100 kg MAX 9.4 % + 8.25 EUR / 100 kg MAX 35.15 EUR / 100 kg · 4.5 % + EAR MAX 10.3 % +ADFMR MAX 35.15 EUR / 100 kg · 4.5 % + EAR MAX 12.1 % +ADSZR MAX 35.15 EUR / 100 kg · 4.5 % + EAR MAX 9.3 % +ADSZR MAX 35.15 EUR / 100 kg · 6.7 % MAX 35.15 EUR / 100 kg | 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 | 500,000 kg | 499,860 kg | Open |
| 09.9014 | United States | 2% · 2 % + 10.48 EUR / 100 kg · 2 % + 6.3 EUR / 100 kg · 2 % + 7.85 EUR / 100 kg · 2.1 % + 3.56 EUR / 100 kg · 2.1 % + 5.76 EUR / 100 kg · 2.1 % + 6.07 EUR / 100 kg · 3.9 % + 10.41 EUR / 100 kg | 1 July 2026 – 30 June 2027 | 40,000,000 kg | 39,387,541 kg | Critical |
Balances from the Commission’s weekly quota report of 23 October 2026.
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
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z |
| GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms) | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 moreAfghanistan, 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 moreAntigua & 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 moreAntarctica, 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–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | 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 |
| European Economic Area - Iceland | 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–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | 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 |
| GSP - General arrangements | Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia and 6 moreCongo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, Micronesia, Nigeria, Niue, Syria, Tajikistan, Vanuatu | 4.8 % + EA MAX 18.7 % +ADSZ |
| GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance) | Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and 4 moreBolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan | 0 % + EA MAX 18.7 % +ADSZ |
| Mercosur | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | 7.5 % + EAR MAX 16.9 % +ADSZR |
| EU–Chile agreement | Chile | 0 % + EAR MAX 9.3 % +ADSZR |
| EU–Algeria agreement | Algeria | 0 % + EA MAX 18.7 % +ADSZ |
| EU–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | 0 % + EA MAX 18.7 % +ADSZ |
| EEA - European Economic Area | Norway | 0 % + EAR MAX 18.7 % +ADSZR |
| EU–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | 0 % + EA MAX 18.7 % +ADSZ |
| EU–Türkiye customs union | Türkiye | 0 % + EA MAX 18.7 % +ADSZ |
| EU–United States agreementQuota | United States | 2.1 % + 3.56 EUR / 100 kg |
| EU–South Africa agreement | South Africa | 4.8 % + EA MAX 18.7 % +ADSZ |
WTO tariff quota.
See Annex 1.
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| €371.5m | 63.1% | -3.3% | |
| €113.6m | 19.3% | -14.4% | |
| €30.4m | 5.2% | -32.6% | |
| €27.8m | 4.7% | +20.3% | |
| €7.2m | 1.2% | -81.4% | |
| €6m | 1% | -0.1% | |
| €5.2m | 0.9% | -9.5% | |
| €2.7m | 0.5% | -70.8% |
1806.32 Other, in blocks, slabs or bars: not filled
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.
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The tariff classification of Sugar Free Chocolate Masses from Latvia
The tariff classification of Chocolate Bars from Switzerland
The tariff classification of snack bars from United Kingdom
A bar of chocolate. Milk chocolate favoured with mint. The bar has been made with segments attached to each other and forms a solid bar under 2 kg. Ingredients include sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, milk powder, vegetable fats, emulsifiers, and flavourings. The item has a polypropylene cold…
Product is a bar of no added sugar, swiss milk chocolate with hazelnuts. It is made from Sweetener: Maltitol, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Milk fat, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithin E322, Vanilla Extract, Cocoa solids and Milk solids. Produced in Switzerland. Packaged in a 100g…
Product is a bar of no added sugar, smooth and silky swiss milk chocolate. It is made from Sweetener: Maltitol, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Milk fat, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithin E322, Vanilla Extract, Cocoa solids and Milk solids. Produced in Switzerland. Packaged in a 100g…
Product is a no added sugar chocolate bar, which has fruit and mixed nuts embedded within it. It is made from Sweetener - Lactitol (E966), Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder (DAIRY-MILK- Pasteurised), Cocoa Mass, raisins, hazelnuts, Inulin, Emulsifier Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla Extract, Aspartame,…
19 rulings in total for this code
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
(b) preparations of headings 0403, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2105, 2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004.
2. Heading 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to note 1 to this chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.
1. When imported in the form of an assortment, goods of subheadings 180620, 180631, 180632 and 180690 are subject to an agricultural component (EA) fixed according to the average content in milkfats, milk proteins, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose and starch of the assortment as a whole.
2. Subheadings 18069011 and 18069019 do not cover chocolates made entirely of one type of chocolate.
Products of these commodities may only be placed on the EU market or exported if they are deforestation-free, legally produced and covered by a due diligence statement.
Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I (consolidated text)
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.
Only products containing cocoa beans, cocoa paste or cocoa powder are considered to contain cocoa within the meaning of heading 1806.
This subheading includes solid blocks, slabs and bars of chocolate containing cereal, fruit or nuts, whether or not in pieces, embedded throughout the chocolate.
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 | With added cereal, fruit or nuts | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z | — |
| 2025 | unchanged | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z | — |
| 2024 | unchanged | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z | — |
| 2023 | unchanged | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z | — |
| 2022 | unchanged | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z | — |
| 2021 | unchanged | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z | — |
| 2020 | unchanged | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z | — |
| 2019 | With added cereal, fruit or nuts | (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z | — |
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 1806 32 10 is one of 2 lines under subheading 1806.32, other, in blocks, slabs or bars: not filled.
The third-country duty is a specific or compound duty: (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z.
Goods from 152 countries can enter the EU at a preferential rate instead of the standard (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z; 122 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 chocolate bars, not filled (HS 1806.32) worth €589.2m (down 12% on the year before), at an average of €10.38 per kg; Switzerland supplied 63%, followed by United Kingdom.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 8%, the Türkiye duty is 8.3%, the US duty is 4.3%–7%, the Canada duty is 6%, the Brazil duty is 18%, the Argentina duty is 20%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 10%–29.8%, the Taiwan duty is 10%, the GCC duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 1806.32 worth US$4bn in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Switzerland, and the United Kingdom ranked 2nd with US$137m.
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is (8,3 + EA) MAX (18,7 + AD S/Z; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
152 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 122 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.
Additional duty of 50% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
For subheading 1806.32 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Switzerland (US$344m), followed by the United Kingdom.