0406.90: Cheese and curd, other cheese

1. 0406 90 00 00 Other cheese
2. 0406 90 01 00 For processing
3. Other
4. 0406 90 13 00 Emmentaler 143 GBP / 100 kg
5. 0406 90 15 00 Gruyère, sbrinz 143 GBP / 100 kg
6. 0406 90 17 00 Bergkäse, appenzell 143 GBP / 100 kg
7. 0406 90 18 00 Fromage fribourgeois, vacherin mont d'or and tête de moine 143 GBP / 100 kg
8. 0406 90 21 00 Cheddar 139.00 GBP / 100 kg
9. 0406 90 21 20 Whole cheeses (of the conventional flat cylindrical shape of a net weight of not less than 33 kg but not more than 44 kg and cheeses in cubic blocks or in parallelepiped shape, of a net weight of 10 kg or more) of a minimum fat content of 50% by weight, in the dry matter, matured for at least three months 139 GBP / 100 kg
10. 0406 90 21 90 Other 139 GBP / 100 kg
11. 0406 90 23 00 Edam 126 GBP / 100 kg
12. 0406 90 25 00 Tilsit 126 GBP / 100 kg
13. 0406 90 29 00 Kashkaval 126 GBP / 100 kg
14. 0406 90 32 00 Feta 126 GBP / 100 kg
15. 0406 90 35 00 Kefalo-tyri 126 GBP / 100 kg
16. 0406 90 37 00 Finlandia 126 GBP / 100 kg
17. 0406 90 39 00 Jarlsberg 126 GBP / 100 kg
18. Other
19. 0406 90 50 00 Cheese of sheep's milk or buffalo milk in containers containing brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles 126 GBP / 100 kg
20. Other
21. Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 40% and a water content, by weight, in the non-fatty matter
22. Not exceeding 47%
23. 0406 90 61 00 Grana padano, parmigiano reggiano 157 GBP / 100 kg
24. 0406 90 63 00 Fiore sardo, pecorino 157.00 GBP / 100 kg
25. 0406 90 63 10 Pecorino 157 GBP / 100 kg
26. 0406 90 63 90 Other 157 GBP / 100 kg
27. 0406 90 69 00 Other 157 GBP / 100 kg
28. Exceeding 47% but not exceeding 72%
29. 0406 90 73 00 Provolone 126 GBP / 100 kg
30. 0406 90 74 00 Maasdam 126 GBP / 100 kg
31. 0406 90 75 00 Asiago, caciocavallo, montasio, ragusano 126.00 GBP / 100 kg
32. 0406 90 75 10 Caciocavallo 126 GBP / 100 kg
33. 0406 90 75 90 Other 126 GBP / 100 kg
34. 0406 90 76 00 Danbo, fontal, fontina, fynbo, havarti, maribo, samsø 126.00 GBP / 100 kg
35. 0406 90 76 10 Fontina 126 GBP / 100 kg
36. 0406 90 76 90 Other 126 GBP / 100 kg
37. 0406 90 78 00 Gouda 126 GBP / 100 kg
38. 0406 90 79 00 Esrom, italico, kernhem, saint-nectaire, saint-paulin, taleggio 126.00 GBP / 100 kg
39. 0406 90 79 10 Esrom, italico, kernhem, saint-paulin 126 GBP / 100 kg
40. 0406 90 79 90 Other 126 GBP / 100 kg
41. 0406 90 81 00 Cantal, cheshire, wensleydale, lancashire, double gloucester, blarney, colby, monterey 126.00 GBP / 100 kg
42. 0406 90 81 10 Cantal 126 GBP / 100 kg
43. 0406 90 81 90 Other 126 GBP / 100 kg
44. 0406 90 82 00 Camembert 126 GBP / 100 kg
45. 0406 90 84 00 Brie 126 GBP / 100 kg
46. 0406 90 85 00 Kefalograviera, kasseri 126 GBP / 100 kg
47. Other cheese, of a water content, by weight, in the non-fatty matter
48. 0406 90 86 00 Exceeding 47% but not exceeding 52% 126.00 GBP / 100 kg
49. 0406 90 86 20 Tulum peyniri, made from sheep’s milk or buffalo milk, in individual plastic or other kind of packings of less than 10 kg 126 GBP / 100 kg
50. 0406 90 86 90 Other 126 GBP / 100 kg
51. 0406 90 89 00 Exceeding 52% but not exceeding 62% 126.00 GBP / 100 kg
52. 0406 90 89 10 Tulum peyniri, made from sheep’s milk or buffalo milk, in individual plastic or other kind of packings of less than 10 kg 126 GBP / 100 kg
53. 0406 90 89 90 Other 126 GBP / 100 kg
54. 0406 90 92 00 Exceeding 62% but not exceeding 72% 126.00 GBP / 100 kg
55. 0406 90 92 10 Tulum peyniri, made from sheep’s milk or buffalo milk, in individual plastic or other kind of packings of less than 10 kg 126 GBP / 100 kg
56. 0406 90 92 90 Other 126 GBP / 100 kg
57. 0406 90 93 00 Exceeding 72% 154 GBP / 100 kg
58. 0406 90 99 00 Other 185 GBP / 100 kg

Additional duties and import rules

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

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£1.1bn+0% · previous 12 months

Average import price£5.89 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Ireland	£221.2m	19.4%	-10.8%
Italy	£178.4m	15.7%	+14.8%
France	£173.1m	15.2%	+4.5%
Cyprus	£135.2m	11.9%	-1.4%
Greece	£107.9m	9.5%	+10.2%
Netherlands	£76.9m	6.8%	-18.7%
Spain	£42.2m	3.7%	+2.9%
Slovakia	£40.1m	3.5%	+4.3%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU specific or compound duty Third-country duty 32 tariff lines Türkiye 45% – 180% Third-country duty 38 tariff lines · average 135.3% USA Free – 25% General (MFN) 50 tariff lines · average 11.6% · 15× specific or compound duty

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Netherlands	US$4bn	17.8%
2	Germany	US$3bn	13.5%
3	France	US$3bn	11.4%
4	Italy	US$3bn	10.4%
5	Ireland	US$1bn	4.6%
6	Greece	US$1bn	4.1%
7	United States	US$1bn	4.1%
8	Denmark	US$882m	3.5%
9	New Zealand	US$811m	3.2%
10	Switzerland	US$705m	2.8%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$4bn	17.4%
2	United States	US$2bn	6.7%
3	Italy	US$2bn	6%
4	France	US$1bn	5.8%
5	United Kingdom	US$1bn	5.3%
6	Belgium	US$1bn	5%
7	Netherlands	US$1bn	4.7%
8	Spain	US$1bn	4.5%
9	Japan	US$768m	3.1%
10	Mexico	US$644m	2.6%

Binding rulings for similar goods 27

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

1. Quota 30 June 2026 · Applies from: 16 July 2026

   Regulation (EU) 2026/1455 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2026 on the adjustment of customs duties on imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America

   CELEX 32026R1455 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

2. Quota 30 April 2026 · Applies from: 18 May 2026

   Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/996 of 29 April 2026 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988 regarding the creation, amendment and management of certain tariff quotas following the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part

   CELEX 32026R0996 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

Rule changes →

Products classified here

• danbo
• fynbo
• samso
• samsø
• asiago
• fontal
• blarney
• havarti
• ragusano
• taleggio
• fiore sardo
• colby cheese
• maribo cheese
• saint-nectaire
• cheshire cheese
• montasio cheese
• monterey cheese
• double gloucester
• lancashire cheese
• wensleydale cheese

Questions and answers

Typical products

• asiago
• blarney
• cheshire cheese
• colby cheese
• danbo
• double gloucester
• fiore sardo
• fontal
• fynbo
• havarti
• lancashire cheese
• maribo cheese
• montasio cheese
• monterey cheese
• ragusano
• saint-nectaire

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.