9612 10 20: Typewriter and printer ribbons: Of man-made fibres, measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put in plastic or metal cartridges of a kind used in automatic typewriters, automatic data-processing equipment and other machines
Typewriter and printer ribbons
✓ Can be used in a customs declarationData: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
9612 Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes:
9612 10 20 Of man-made fibres, measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put in plastic or metal cartridges of a kind used in automatic typewriters, automatic data-processing equipment and other machines
What you pay
Importing into EU
Customs dutyFree standard rate depends on the country of origin
Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Export measures 2
Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.
Export measures
Destination
Legal act
Validity
Export controlSanctions regime: Russia
Russia
Regulation 0833/14
27 September 2024
Export controlSanctions regime: Belarus
Belarus
Regulation 0765/06
25 February 2025
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.
Austria20%
Belgium21%
Bulgaria20%
Croatia25%
Cyprus19%
Czechia21%
Denmark25%
Estonia24%
Finland25.5%
France20%
Germany19%
Greece24%
Hungary27%
Ireland23%
Italy22%
Latvia21%
Lithuania21%
Luxembourg17%
Malta18%
Netherlands21%
Poland23%
Portugal23%
Romania21%
Slovakia23%
Slovenia22%
Spain21%
Sweden25%
TEDB · 26 October 2026
EU: imports by month · HS 9612.10
last 12 months€163.9m-4.8% · previous 12 months
Average import price€13.85 per kg
Preferential rate16%
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)
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.
9612 10 10 to 9612 10 80 · Ribbons
See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 9612, first paragraph, (1).
These subheadings include products which are ready-to-use heat-sensitive inked ribbons, i.e. which are suitable to be used in a typewriter or any other machine incorporating a device for printing, without a further manufacturing process.
The length and width of inked ribbons that are ready-to-use are determined by the type of machine in which they are used.
Products which are not ready-to-use are excluded from these subheadings (generally, Sections VI and VII).
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
Of man-made fibres, measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put in plastic or metal cartridges of a kind used in automatic typewriters, automatic data-processing equipment and other machines
Free
—
2025
unchanged
Free
—
2024
unchanged
Free
—
2023
unchanged
Free
—
2022
unchanged
Free
—
2021
unchanged
Free
—
2020
unchanged
Free
—
2019
Of man-made fibres, measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put in plastic or metal cartridges of a kind used in automatic typewriters, automatic data-processing equipment and other machines
Free
—
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 9612 10 20 is one of 3 lines under subheading 9612.10, typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared: ribbons.
The third-country duty is free, and quantities are declared in —.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported typewriter and printer ribbons (HS 9612.10) worth €163.9m (down 5% on the year before), at an average of €13.85 per kg; Japan supplied 29%, followed by United States.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 0%–2.7%, the US duty is 0%–7.9%, the Canada duty is 0%–15.5%, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 16.2%, the Argentina duty is 18%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 2.7%–15% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 9612.10 worth US$588m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Japan, and the United Kingdom ranked 3rd with US$27m.
Questions and answers
What is the EU import duty for CN code 9612 10 20?
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is free; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the EU import these goods from?
For subheading 9612.10 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Japan (US$94m), followed by China.
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GCC
Switzerland
Norway
North Macedonia
Nigeria