Subheading · Chapter 07 · Heading 0708
0708.90: Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh: other leguminous vegetables
Official description Other leguminous vegetables
Subheading 0708.90 belongs to heading 0708 (leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled) in chapter 07.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 0708 90 00 00 Other leguminous vegetables 10%
- 0708 90 00 10 Broad beans (vicia faba major l.) 10%
- 0708 90 00 30 Seem beans, helmet beans (lablab purpureus) 10%
- 0708 90 00 90 Other 10%
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control of organic products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/693
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 10% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 6.5% |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Morocco | £18.3m | 93.3% | +6.9% |
 Senegal | £579k | 2.9% | +1,191.2% |
 Italy | £114k | 0.6% | +30.2% |
 Malaysia | £105k | 0.5% | — |
 India | £78k | 0.4% | +117.7% |
 Ethiopia | £70k | 0.4% | +615.2% |
 Spain | £67k | 0.3% | -54.3% |
 Türkiye | £58k | 0.3% | -32.6% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU 11.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 19.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
USA Free General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · 4× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan 3% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 20% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
GCC Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Switzerland specific or compound duty General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 45% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$42kUS$42k+US$467k+US$2m+> US$7m
Exports: 125
- Spain: US$13m
- Mexico: US$13m
- Guatemala: US$8m
- Netherlands: US$7m
- United States: US$5m
- Italy: US$4m
- Morocco: US$4m
- India: US$3m
- Senegal: US$3m
- Kenya: US$3m
- Indonesia: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- China: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- France: US$2m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$1m
- Germany: US$1m
- Saudi Arabia: US$1m
- Egypt: US$912k
- Slovakia: US$896k
- Türkiye: US$855k
- Peru: US$842k
- Portugal: US$781k
- Albania: US$750k
- Thailand: US$712k
- Poland: US$663k
- Argentina: US$597k
- Canada: US$567k
- South Africa: US$507k
- Laos: US$467k
- Brazil: US$379k
- Austria: US$344k
- Taiwan: US$317k
- Australia: US$283k
- United Arab Emirates: US$259k
- Sri Lanka: US$256k
- Zimbabwe: US$196k
- Czechia: US$196k
- Bangladesh: US$173k
- Greece: US$172k
- Bulgaria: US$146k
- Japan: US$119k
- Russia: US$116k
- Lithuania: US$105k
- Hungary: US$101k
- Dominican Republic: US$100k
- United Kingdom: US$87k
- Jordan: US$79k
- Croatia: US$69k
- Tunisia: US$69k
- Ethiopia: US$67k
- Romania: US$66k
- Ireland: US$65k
- Slovenia: US$63k
- Denmark: US$61k
- Lebanon: US$57k
- Malawi: US$55k
- North Macedonia: US$53k
- Ecuador: US$50k
- Vietnam: US$42k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$55kUS$55k+US$253k+US$1m+> US$4m
Imports: 164
- United States: US$21m
- Germany: US$7m
- Austria: US$5m
- United Kingdom: US$5m
- Singapore: US$4m
- Netherlands: US$4m
- Belgium: US$4m
- France: US$4m
- Canada: US$3m
- Italy: US$3m
- United Arab Emirates: US$3m
- Poland: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$1m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$1m
- Portugal: US$1m
- Ireland: US$1m
- Kuwait: US$1m
- India: US$1m
- Spain: US$1m
- Croatia: US$990k
- Czechia: US$961k
- Bahamas: US$598k
- Dominican Republic: US$504k
- Latvia: US$502k
- Qatar: US$491k
- China: US$474k
- Denmark: US$437k
- Sweden: US$424k
- Vietnam: US$400k
- South Africa: US$390k
- Slovenia: US$379k
- Japan: US$371k
- Saudi Arabia: US$371k
- Hungary: US$363k
- Norway: US$351k
- Cyprus: US$329k
- Lithuania: US$325k
- Switzerland: US$280k
- Maldives: US$253k
- Egypt: US$250k
- Luxembourg: US$245k
- Pakistan: US$245k
- Mexico: US$244k
- Finland: US$226k
- Morocco: US$191k
- Suriname: US$189k
- Bahrain: US$189k
- Macao SAR China: US$156k
- Thailand: US$144k
- Botswana: US$141k
- Greece: US$130k
- Sri Lanka: US$129k
- Kazakhstan: US$117k
- Sudan: US$111k
- Nepal: US$107k
- Malta: US$103k
- Australia: US$100k
- Mozambique: US$99k
- Romania: US$98k
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$96k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | US$13m | 15.1% |
| 2 | Mexico | US$13m | 14.4% |
| 3 |  Guatemala | US$8m | 9.1% |
| 4 |  Netherlands | US$7m | 7.4% |
| 5 | United States | US$5m | 5.8% |
| 6 | Italy | US$4m | 5% |
| 7 | Morocco | US$4m | 4.5% |
| 8 | India | US$3m | 3.3% |
| 9 | Senegal | US$3m | 3.1% |
| 10 |  Kenya | US$3m | 3% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$21m | 23.3% |
| 2 |  Germany | US$7m | 7.9% |
| 3 |  Austria | US$5m | 6.2% |
| 4 | United Kingdom | US$5m | 5.5% |
| 5 |  Singapore | US$4m | 5% |
| 6 | Netherlands | US$4m | 4.8% |
| 7 |  Belgium | US$4m | 4.7% |
| 8 |  France | US$4m | 4% |
| 9 | Canada | US$3m | 3.9% |
| 10 | Italy | US$3m | 3.1% |
Import duty on this product around the world 164
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 15%median duty
- 35number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 75%highest: Barbados, Lebanon, Iran
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 25% | 2018 · HS 2012 | |
 Albania | 10% | 2023 | |
 Algeria | 30% | 2023 | |
 Angola | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Anguilla | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Antigua & Barbuda | 40% | 2021 · HS 2007 | |
| Argentina | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Armenia | 15% | 2023 | |
 Aruba | 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Australia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Azerbaijan | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Bahrain | 0% | 2023 | |
 Bangladesh | 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Barbados | 75% | 40% – 109% | 2022 · HS 2017 |
 Belarus | 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Belize | 40% | 2023 | |
 Benin | 20% | 2023 | |
 Bermuda | 5% | 2023 | |
 Bhutan | 10% | 2022 | |
 Bolivia | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 14%* | 2022 | |
 Botswana | 0% | 2023 | |
| Brazil | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Brunei | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Burkina Faso | 20% | 2023 | |
 Burundi | 35% | 2023 | |
 Cambodia | 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Cameroon | 30% | 2023 | |
| Canada | 0% | 2023 | |
 Cape Verde | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Cayman Islands | 17% | 2021 · HS 2002 | |
 Central African Republic | 30% | 2023 | |
 Chad | 30% | 2023 | |
 Chile | 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 China | 13% | 2023 | |
 Colombia | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Comoros | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Congo - Brazzaville | 30% | 2023 | |
 Cook Islands | 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Costa Rica | 14% | 2023 | |
 Côte d’Ivoire | 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Cuba | 4% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominica | 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominican Republic | 20% | 2023 | |
 Ecuador | 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Egypt | 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 El Salvador | 15% | 2022 | |
 Equatorial Guinea | 30% | 2023 | |
 Eswatini | 0% | 2023 | |
| Ethiopia | 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| European Union (27 countries) | 11% | 2023 | |
 Fiji | 5% | 2023 | |
 French Polynesia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Gabon | 30% | 2023 | |
 Gambia | 20% | 2023 | |
 Georgia | 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Ghana | 20% | 2023 | |
 Gibraltar | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Grenada | 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| Guatemala | 15% | 2023 | |
 Guinea | 20% | 2023 | |
 Guinea-Bissau | 20% | 2023 | |
 Guyana | 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Haiti | 15% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Honduras | 15% | 2023 | |
 Hong Kong SAR China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Iceland | 25% | 2023 | |
| India | 30% | 2023 | |
 Indonesia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Iran | 55% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Israel | 13%* | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Jamaica | 40% | 2023 | |
| Japan | 3% | 2023 | |
 Jordan | 25% | 2023 | |
 Kazakhstan | 15% | 2023 | |
| Kenya | 35% | 2023 | |
 Kiribati | 30% | 2023 · HS 2002 | |
 Kuwait | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Laos | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Lebanon | 70%* | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Lesotho | 0% | 2023 | |
 Liberia | 20% | 2023 | |
 Libya | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Liechtenstein | 45%* | 1.4% – 205% | 2021 · HS 2017 |
 Macao SAR China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Madagascar | 20% | 2023 | |
 Malawi | 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| Malaysia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Maldives | 0% | 2023 | |
 Mali | 20% | 2023 | |
 Mauritania | 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Mauritius | 0% | 2023 | |
| Mexico | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Micronesia | 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Moldova | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Mongolia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Montserrat | 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| Morocco | 40% | 2023 | |
 Mozambique | 20% | 2023 | |
 Myanmar (Burma) | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Namibia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nauru | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Nepal | 10% | 2023 | |
| New Zealand | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nicaragua | 15% | 2023 | |
 Niger | 20% | 2023 | |
| Nigeria | 20% | 2023 | |
| North Macedonia | 45% | 2023 | |
| Norway | 0% | 2023 | |
 Oman | 0% | 2023 | |
 Pakistan | 3% | 2023 | |
 Palau | 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
 Palestinian Territories | 13%* | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Panama | 15% | 2023 | |
 Papua New Guinea | 40% | 2023 | |
 Paraguay | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| Peru | 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Philippines | 10% | 2023 | |
 Qatar | 0% | 2023 | |
 Russia | 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Rwanda | 35% | 2023 | |
 Samoa | 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 São Tomé & Príncipe | 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0% | 2023 | |
| Senegal | 20% | 2023 | |
 Seychelles | 15% | 2023 | |
 Sierra Leone | 20% | 2023 | |
| Singapore | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Solomon Islands | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Somalia | 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 South Africa | 0% | 2023 | |
 South Korea | 27% | 2023 | |
 Sri Lanka | 20% | 2023 | |
 St Kitts & Nevis | 0% | 2023 | |
 St Lucia | 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
 St Pierre & Miquelon | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 St Vincent & the Grenadines | 40% | 2023 | |
 Sudan | 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Suriname | 40% | 2023 · HS 2007 | |
| Switzerland | 0% | 2023 | |
 Syria | 20% | 2020 · HS 2012 | |
 Tajikistan | 18% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Tanzania | 35% | 2023 | |
 Thailand | 40% | 2023 | |
 Togo | 20% | 2023 | |
 Tonga | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Trinidad & Tobago | 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| Türkiye | 20% | 2023 | |
 Tuvalu | 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Uganda | 35% | 2023 | |
 Ukraine | 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 United Arab Emirates | 0% | 2023 | |
| United Kingdom | 10% | 2023 | |
| United States | 0% | 2023 | |
 Uruguay | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Uzbekistan | 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Vanuatu | 30% | 2023 | |
 Venezuela | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Vietnam | 20% | 2023 | |
 Wallis & Futuna | 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Yemen | 25% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Zambia | 25% | 2023 | |
 Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 05457 Leguminous vegetables, fresh/chilled
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 113101
- CPC 2.1 product
- 01243 Broad beans and horse beans, green01249 Other green leguminous vegetables
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 0111 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0708.90 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 0708.90 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 0708.90 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 0708.90 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 0708.90 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 0708.90 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
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.
- Tariff change
Update to Türkiye Tariff Preference Measure - 9 April 2026
Trade Tariff news 5543 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 0708.90 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is 10%.
Subheading 0708.90 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 11.2%.
168 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of 10%.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £19.7m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 10% on the year before); Morocco supplied 93%, followed by Senegal.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$88m (−12% year on year).
The largest exporter was Spain (US$13m), followed by Mexico.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh: other leguminous vegetables?
Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh: other leguminous vegetables fall under HS subheading 0708.90, part of heading 0708, in section II of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0708.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 10%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0708.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 11.2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh?
Spain, with US$13m in 2024 (15.1% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
168 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 10% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Morocco (93%), Senegal (3%) and Italy (1%), out of total imports of £19.7m.