EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 2005.51
✓ 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.
Austria 10% reduced rate 
Belgium 6% reduced rate 
Bulgaria 20% 
Croatia 25% 
Cyprus 19% 
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 10% reduced rate 
Latvia 12% reduced rate 
Lithuania 21% 
Luxembourg 17% 
Malta 0% reduced rate 
Netherlands 9% reduced rate 
Poland 5% reduced rate 
Portugal 23% 
Romania 11% reduced rate 
Slovakia 19% reduced rate 
Slovenia 9.5% reduced rate 
Spain 10% reduced rate 
Sweden 6% reduced rate TEDB · 25 October 2026
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 17.6% |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| EU–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| EU–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| EU–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| EU–Algeria agreement | Algeria | 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 |
| EU–Iceland agreement | 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–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| EU–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| EU–Montenegro agreement | Montenegro | Free |
| EU–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| EU–Mexico agreement | Mexico | 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–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| EU–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| EU–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| EU–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| EU–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| EU–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| EU–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| GSP - General arrangements | Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia and 6 moreCongo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, Micronesia, Nigeria, Niue, Syria, Tajikistan, Vanuatu | 14.1% |
| Mercosur | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | 15.9% |
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | €26.9m | 62.6% | +0.6% |
 Türkiye | €5.6m | 13.1% | +24.1% |
 Lebanon | €3.1m | 7.2% | -4.1% |
 Mexico | €2.3m | 5.3% | +6.9% |
 China | €1m | 2.4% | +24.8% |
 Dominican Republic | €937k | 2.2% | -24.8% |
 Jordan | €739k | 1.7% | +109.1% |
 Egypt | €737k | 1.7% | -29.1% |
2005.51 Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): beans, shelled
UK 16% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 39% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA specific or compound duty General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Canada Free – 8% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 6% Mexico 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Brazil 12.6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 12.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Japan 14% – 23.8% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 19.6% 
Taiwan 20% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · 2× specific or compound duty 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Switzerland specific or compound duty Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Norway specific or compound duty Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 40% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 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.
The tariff classification and country of origin of a beans mix from Japan
Ruling Request; Lupini Snacks from Italy
The tariff classification of snack foods from Italy
Red kidney beans in a spicy sauce Packaging: 300g plastic pouch, (Pouch Size: 140mm X 185 mm + 40mm) Ingredients: kidney beans, water, onion paste, tomato, sunflower oil, tomato paste, ginger, garlic, spices and condiments, iodised salt, coriander, chilli, seasoning
Masala Moong Dal is a traditional Indian Salty Fried Split Green Gram Snack put up for retail sale. It is packaged in a laminated poly aluminium pouch that Is ready to eat. Ingredients: Green Gram Splits Agricultural (Husked, Split, Green Gram, Ground) Edible Vegetable Oil (Peanut Oil and/or…
Moong dal, is a traditional Indian savoury snack, salty fried split green gram beans. It is packaged in 200g laminated pouch. Ingredients: Split green gram, edible vegetable oil (Palmolein Oil and or Cotton Seed Oil) Edible Common Salt, Acidity Regulator.
Masala Moong Dal. A mild, ready to eat snack, made from a mix of Mung beans, Cotton seed Oil, Spices, Salt and Black salt. Suitable for vegetarians. Packaged for retail sale in a pouch of 200 grams net weight.
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) vegetables, fruit or nuts, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 7, 8 or 11;
(b) vegetable fats and oils (Chapter 15);
(c) 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);
(d) bakers' wares and other products of heading 1905; or
(e) homogenised composite food preparations of heading 2104.
2. Headings 2007 and 2008 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar confectionery (heading 1704) or chocolate confectionery (heading 1806).
3. Headings 2001, 2004 and 2005 cover, as the case may be, only those products of Chapter 7 or of heading 1105 or 1106 (other than flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8) which have been prepared or preserved by processes other than those referred to in note 1(a).
4. Tomato juice, the dry weight content of which is 7 % or more, is to be classified in heading 2002.
5. For the purposes of heading 2007, the expression ‘obtained by cooking’ means obtained by heat treatment at atmospheric pressure or under reduced pressure to increase the viscosity of a product through reduction of water content or other means.
6. For the purposes of heading 2009, the expression ‘juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit’ means juices of an alcoholic strength by volume (see note 2 to Chapter 22) not exceeding 0,5 % vol.
1. For the purposes of subheading 200510, the expression ‘homogenised vegetables’ means preparations of vegetables, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of vegetables. Subheading 200510 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 2005.
2. For the purposes of subheading 200710, the expression ‘homogenised preparations’ means preparations of fruit, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of fruit. Subheading 200710 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 2007.
3. For the purposes of subheadings 200912, 200921, 200931, 200941, 200961 and 200971, the expression ‘Brix value’ means the direct reading of degrees Brix obtained from a Brix hydrometer or of refractive index expressed in terms of percentage sucrose content obtained from a refractometer, at a temperature of 20 °C or corrected for 20 °C if the reading is made at a different temperature.
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.
The explanatory note to heading 2004 applies to this heading.
This heading covers the product known as ‘papad’, which is made of sheets of dried dough prepared from flour of leguminous vegetables, salt, spices, oil, raising agents and in some cases small amounts of cereal flour or rice flour.
General
This chapter covers snack-products ready for consumption, in the form of, for example, dried peas or peanuts which are only partially coated with dough and where the essential character of the product is consequently given by the vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants.
This chapter also covers cucumbers and gherkins that have undergone complete lactic fermentation.
However, cucumbers and gherkins which have not undergone complete lactic fermentation and which are provisionally preserved in brine are to be classified in subheading 0711 40 00 if they are not suitable for immediate consumption. In general, such products contain by weight at least 10 % of salt.
Note 4
For the determination of the dry-weight content of tomato juice, the analytical method set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1979/82 (OJ L 214, 22.7.1982, p. 12) is to be applied.
Additional note 1
In order to determine the acid content of the product, aliquot proportions of the liquid and solid parts of the goods should be homogenised.
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 | Beans, shelled | 17.6% | — |
| 2025 | unchanged | 17.6% | — |
| 2024 | unchanged | 17.6% | — |
| 2023 | unchanged | 17.6% | — |
| 2022 | unchanged | 17.6% | — |
| 2021 | unchanged | 17.6% | — |
| 2020 | unchanged | 17.6% | — |
| 2019 | Beans, shelled | 17.6% | — |
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 2005 51 00 is one of 1 line under subheading 2005.51, beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): beans, shelled.
The third-country duty is 17.6%, and quantities are declared in —.
Goods from 148 countries can enter the EU at a preferential rate instead of the standard 17.6%; 134 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 goods of subheading 2005.51 worth €43m (up 2% on the year before), at an average of €1.20 per kg; United Kingdom supplied 63%, followed by Türkiye.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 16%, the Türkiye duty is 39%, the Canada duty is 0%–8%, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 14%–23.8%, the Taiwan duty is 20%, the GCC duty is 5%, the North Macedonia duty is 40% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 2005.51 worth US$379m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom ranked 1st with US$28m.
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 17.6%; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
148 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 134 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 2005.51 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was the United Kingdom (US$28m), followed by Lebanon.