7612 10 00: Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers: collapsible tubular containers

Additional duties and import rules

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

Export measures 11

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 21%
• Bulgaria 20%
• Croatia 25%
• Cyprus 19%
• Czechia 21%
• Denmark 25%
• Estonia 24%
• Finland 25.5%
• France 20%
• Germany 19%
• Greece 13% reduced rate
• 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 7612.10

last 12 months€13m-13.2% · previous 12 months

Average import price€12.91 per kg

Preferential rate72%

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Türkiye	€6.9m	52.9%	+49.1%
China	€2.1m	16.4%	-23.8%
Ukraine	€1.4m	10.8%	+98.6%
Pakistan	€462k	3.6%	-23.1%
Norway	€459k	3.5%	-0.9%
Serbia	€344k	2.7%	+380.4%
Egypt	€332k	2.6%	+391.1%
United States	€248k	1.9%	+89.1%

Same subheading in other tariffs

7612.10 Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers: collapsible tubular containers

UK 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA 2.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada 6.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico 15% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil 14.4% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 16% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan 3% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

Binding rulings for similar goods

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 76 →

CBAM: carbon border adjustment

Goods of the CBAM sector aluminium 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).

7612 Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment

Country of production	Direct	Indirect	Total
Algeria	1.6	—	1.6
Argentina	2.49	—	2.49
Australia	2.49	—	2.49
Azerbaijan	2.57	—	2.57
Bahrain	2.66	—	2.66
Bangladesh	2.37	—	2.37
Bolivia	1.15	—	1.15
Bosnia & Herzegovina	4.53	—	4.53
Brazil	2.5	—	2.5
Cameroon	2.49	—	2.49
Canada	2.75	—	2.75
Chile	1.15	—	1.15
China	5.56	—	5.56
Colombia	1.71	—	1.71
Costa Rica	2.09	—	2.09
Ecuador	2.65	—	2.65
Egypt	3.62	—	3.62
El Salvador	2.66	—	2.66
Ghana	2.49	—	2.49
Guatemala	2.66	—	2.66
India	4.13	—	4.13
Indonesia	2.51	—	2.51
Iran	2.49	—	2.49
Israel	1.3	—	1.3
Japan	1.73	—	1.73
Jordan	1.15	—	1.15
Kazakhstan	2.67	—	2.67
Kenya	1.48	—	1.48
Kuwait	1.32	—	1.32
Malaysia	3.29	—	3.29
Mexico	1.86	—	1.86
Montenegro	2.73	—	2.73
Morocco	1.19	—	1.19
Mozambique	4.99	—	4.99
New Zealand	2.49	—	2.49
Nicaragua	1.15	—	1.15
Nigeria	1.79	—	1.79
Oman	2.49	—	2.49
Pakistan	1.97	—	1.97
Peru	2.52	—	2.52
Philippines	1.17	—	1.17
Qatar	2.49	—	2.49
Russia	2.95	—	2.95
Saudi Arabia	2.49	—	2.49
Serbia	1.54	—	1.54
Singapore	2.46	—	2.46
South Africa	2.67	—	2.67
South Korea	1.95	—	1.95
Sri Lanka	1.73	—	1.73
Syria	1.17	—	1.17
Taiwan	1.15	—	1.15
Tajikistan	2.49	—	2.49
Tanzania	1.28	—	1.28
Thailand	1.73	—	1.73
Tunisia	1.44	—	1.44
Türkiye	4.52	—	4.52
Uganda	1.19	—	1.19
Ukraine	1.18	—	1.18
United Arab Emirates	2.66	—	2.66
United Kingdom	2.61	—	2.61
United States	2.73	—	2.73
Uruguay	3.1	—	3.1
Uzbekistan	1.74	—	1.74
Venezuela	2.49	—	2.49
Vietnam	2.48	—	2.48
Zambia	1.27	—	1.27
Zimbabwe	1.16	—	1.16
Other countries (default)	3.94	—	3.94

with the mark-up for 2026: 4.338 · with the mark-up for 2027: 4.733 · with the mark-up for 2028: 5.127

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.

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