EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 9619.00
9619 00 71: Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and similar articles: sanitary towels (pads)
Sanitary pads, tampons and diapers
- 9619 00 Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material:
- Of other materials:
- Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and similar articles:
- 9619 00 71 Sanitary towels (pads)
What you pay
Importing into EU
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 3
- Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- until 31 October 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 0382/26
- Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- from 1 November 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 0382/26
- Documents
- C127 Merchant product identifier
- C128 Non-standardised manufacturer product identifier
- C129 Standardised manufacturer product identifier
- Y081 No standardised manufacturer product identifier for the declared product exists
- Handling feeUnion handling fee 2 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- from 1 November 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 2108/26
- Documents
- Y126 Goods sold in distance sales
Import requirements 2
- Import control
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- Regulation 0692/14
- Documents
- Y997 Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
- N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
- N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
- Import control
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- Regulation 0263/22
- Documents
- 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
- N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
- N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Footnotes
Autonomous duty: Free.
Conventional duty:
Of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres: Free,
Other: 6,5.
EU: imports by month · HS 9619.00
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | €140m | 34.3% | -8.5% |
 Türkiye | €59.8m | 14.6% | +25.1% |
 United Kingdom | €55.7m | 13.6% | +27.8% |
 Ukraine | €35.3m | 8.6% | -8.8% |
 Switzerland | €25.9m | 6.3% | -11.9% |
 United States | €15m | 3.7% | -20.6% |
 Canada | €9.3m | 2.3% | -0.1% |
 Vietnam | €8.7m | 2.1% | +7% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
UK Free Third-country duty 10 tariff lines Türkiye 100% Statutory rate (Law 474) 16 tariff lines USA Free – 16% General (MFN) 19 tariff lines · average 7.6% The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.
EU lines: 9619.00
- 9619 00 30Of wadding of textile materials
- 9619 00 40Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and similar articles
- 9619 00 50Napkins and napkin liners and similar articles
- 9619 00 71Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and similar articles: sanitary towels (pads)
- 9619 00 75Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and similar articles: tampons
- 9619 00 79Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and similar articles: other
- 9619 00 81Napkins and napkin liners for babies
- 9619 00 89Other (for example, incontinence care articles)
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 9619 00 71 is one of 8 lines under subheading 9619.00, sanitary towels.
No rate is printed on this line itself.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported sanitary pads, tampons and diapers (HS 9619.00) worth €408.5m (up 0% on the year before), at an average of €4.15 per kg; China supplied 34%, followed by Türkiye.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye statutory rate is 100% and the US duty is 0%–16%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 9619.00 worth US$6.3bn in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was China, and the United Kingdom ranked 2nd with US$50.3m.
Questions and answers
Where does the EU import these goods from?
For subheading 9619.00 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was China (US$163.7m), followed by the United Kingdom.