7308 90 98: Structures: other, other

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

TARIC subdivisions

Declare the 10-digit TARIC code that fits the goods: measures can differ between subdivisions.

Export measures 11

Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.

TARIC data as of 25 October 2026

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 19%
• Czechia 21%
• Denmark 25%
• Estonia 9% reduced rate
• 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 · 25 October 2026

EU: imports by month · HS 7308.90

last 12 months€3.9bn-11.5% · previous 12 months

Average import price€2.05 per kg

Preferential rate0%

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	€1.8bn	46%	+5.4%
Türkiye	€639.3m	16.5%	+2.1%
United Kingdom	€390.6m	10.1%	-44.1%
Switzerland	€235.9m	6.1%	-3%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	€146.6m	3.8%	+3.1%
Serbia	€144.5m	3.7%	+2.5%
Vietnam	€66.7m	1.7%	-64.1%
India	€52.3m	1.4%	-28.8%

Same subheading in other tariffs

7308.90 Structures: other

UK Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines Türkiye Free Third-country duty 9 tariff lines USA Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines Canada Free Third-country duty 16 tariff lines Mexico 35% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Brazil 12.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Argentina 14% Third-country duty 17 tariff lines Peru Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 4.3% Japan Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Taiwan Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines GCC 5% Third-country duty 25 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines North Macedonia 6% – 10% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 8% Nigeria 5% – 20% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 10%

EU lines: 7308.90

• 7308 90 51Panels comprising two walls of profiled (ribbed) sheet with an insulating coreFree
• 7308 90 59Solely or principally of sheet: otherFree
• 7308 90 98Structures: other, otherFree

Binding rulings for similar goods

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 73 →

CBAM: carbon border adjustment

Goods of the CBAM sector iron and steel pay for the greenhouse gases emitted in their production when they are imported into the EU. Without verified actual emissions, the importer declares the default values below (tonnes of CO2 equivalent per tonne of goods).

7308 Structures and parts of structures " e.g., bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns", of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406)

Country of production	Direct	Indirect	Total
Algeria	3.02	—	3.02
Argentina	3.01	—	3.01
Australia	3.2	—	3.2
Azerbaijan	1.89	—	1.89
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2.85	—	2.85
Brazil	2.91	—	2.91
Canada	2.91	—	2.91
Chile	2.54	—	2.54
China	6.04	—	6.04
Colombia	3.58	—	3.58
India	5.93	—	5.93
Indonesia	8.25	—	8.25
Iran	2.55	—	2.55
Japan	2.95	—	2.95
Kazakhstan	5.36	—	5.36
Mexico	2.99	—	2.99
Myanmar (Burma)	2.7	—	2.7
New Zealand	2.9	—	2.9
North Macedonia	2.69	—	2.69
Philippines	2.18	—	2.18
Russia	3.59	—	3.59
Serbia	2.48	—	2.48
South Africa	4.22	—	4.22
South Korea	3.86	—	3.86
Taiwan	2.42	—	2.42
Thailand	4.29	—	4.29
Türkiye	5.52	—	5.52
Ukraine	3.41	—	3.41
United Kingdom	3.04	—	3.04
United States	2.9	—	2.9
Uzbekistan	3.01	—	3.01
Vietnam	2.84	—	2.84
Other countries (default)	5.06	—	5.06

with the mark-up for 2026: 5.57 · with the mark-up for 2027: 6.077 · with the mark-up for 2028: 6.583

t CO2e per t of goods · definitive period since 1 January 2026; first annual declaration due 30 September 2027 · Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 as corrected by 2026/1740 (European Commission data, not legally binding)

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.

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.

Questions and answers

Typical products

• gazebos, of iron or steel

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.