7318 16 40: Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets: threaded articles, nuts, other, blind rivet nuts

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 5

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

TARIC data as of 26 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 6% reduced rate
• Bulgaria 20%
• Croatia 5% reduced rate
• Cyprus 19%
• Czechia 21%
• 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 · 26 October 2026

Preferential rates by country

EU: imports by month · HS 7318.16

last 12 months€1.1bn-2.2% · previous 12 months

Average import price€3.93 per kg

Preferential rate16%

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	€344.1m	31.2%	-8.1%
Taiwan	€256.5m	23.3%	-3.5%
United States	€166.7m	15.1%	+3.5%
Türkiye	€70.9m	6.4%	+2.5%
United Kingdom	€51.7m	4.7%	+21.3%
Switzerland	€39.2m	3.6%	-4.9%
Japan	€32.5m	3%	-0.2%
India	€30.9m	2.8%	+2.6%

Same subheading in other tariffs

7318.16 Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets: threaded articles, nuts

UK Free Third-country duty 12 tariff lines Türkiye 3.7% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Mexico 35% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Brazil 16% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 25% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand 5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Japan 2.8% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Taiwan 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia 3.7% – 15% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 10% Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

EU lines: 7318.16

• 7318 16 31Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets: threaded articles, nuts, of stainless steel, blind rivet nuts3.7%
• 7318 16 39Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets: threaded articles, nuts, of stainless steel, other3.7%
• 7318 16 40Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets: threaded articles, nuts, other, blind rivet nuts3.7%
• 7318 16 60Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets: threaded articles, nuts, other, self-locking nuts3.7%
• 7318 16 92Not exceeding 12 mm3.7%
• 7318 16 99Other, with an inside diameter: exceeding 12 mm3.7%

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).

7318 16 Nuts of iron or steel

Country of production	Direct	Indirect	Total
Algeria	3	—	3
Argentina	2.47	—	2.47
Australia	3.09	—	3.09
Azerbaijan	2.22	—	2.22
Bosnia & Herzegovina	3.04	—	3.04
Brazil	2.96	—	2.96
Canada	2.91	—	2.91
Chile	2.17	—	2.17
China	5.05	—	5.05
Colombia	2.95	—	2.95
India	5.14	—	5.14
Indonesia	8.54	—	8.54
Iran	2.03	—	2.03
Japan	3.06	—	3.06
Kazakhstan	5.18	—	5.18
Mexico	3.06	—	3.06
Myanmar (Burma)	2.9	—	2.9
New Zealand	3.02	—	3.02
North Macedonia	2.86	—	2.86
Philippines	1.37	—	1.37
Russia	3.21	—	3.21
Serbia	2.44	—	2.44
South Africa	4.03	—	4.03
South Korea	4.1	—	4.1
Taiwan	2.71	—	2.71
Thailand	4.45	—	4.45
Türkiye	3.79	—	3.79
Ukraine	3.44	—	3.44
United Kingdom	2.98	—	2.98
United States	3.03	—	3.03
Uzbekistan	3.21	—	3.21
Vietnam	2.96	—	2.96
Other countries (default)	4.69	—	4.69

with the mark-up for 2026: 5.162 · with the mark-up for 2027: 5.632 · with the mark-up for 2028: 6.101

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)

This line in earlier years

The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.

Code history

Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 7318 16 10, 7318 16 91, 7318 16 99.

Questions and answers

Typical products

• hex nuts

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.