Subheading · Chapter 07 · Heading 0709

0709.30

0709.30: Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: aubergines (eggplants)

Official description Aubergines (eggplants)

0709.30 is a six-digit subheading of heading 0709, other vegetables, fresh or chilled, chapter 07.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty 12% standard rate · across 3 national lines depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure Import requirements: 5
VAT 0.00 % import VAT
Duty calculatorCalculate duty and taxes →

Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 0709 30 00 00 Aubergines (eggplants) 12%
  2. 0709 30 00 05 Solanum melongena 12%
  3. 0709 30 00 70 Solanum aethiopicum 12%
  4. 0709 30 00 90 Other 12%

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 1

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    2022 No. 598
    Documents
    • 9014

Import requirements 5

  • Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
    Applies to goods from
    North Korea
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/411
  • Import controlPhytosanitary Certificate (import)
    Applies to goods from
    Afghanistan, Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla and 212 more
    Legal act
    2020 No. 1527
    Documents
    • N851
    • 901Y
    • C085 Common Health Entry Document for Plants and Plant Products (CHED-PP) (as set out in Part 2, Section C of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
  • Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
    Applies to goods from
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    S.I. 2022/395
    Documents
    • 9009
    • 9010
    • 9017
  • Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
    Applies to goods from
    Dominican Republic
    Legal act
    2024/1169
    Documents
    • C678 Common Health Entry Document for Feed and Food of Non-Animal Origin (CHED-D) (as set out in Part 2, Section D of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
    • Y978 Exemption by virtue paragraph 3 of Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1793
    Tariff lines
    on 1 of 3 lines
  • 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
    Documents
    • C644 Certificate of inspection for organic products
    • Y929 Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—12%
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more

Afghanistan, 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")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Free
DCTS Enhanced
Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more

Algeria, 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 more

Antigua & 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 more

Anguilla, 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–Switzerland agreementQuota Switzerland 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–Liechtenstein agreementQuota Liechtenstein Free
UK–Morocco agreement Morocco Free
UK–Moldova agreement Moldova Free
UK–North Macedonia agreement North Macedonia Free
UK–Mexico agreement Mexico 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 agreementQuota 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 8.5%

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£48.5m+7.7% · previous 12 months
Average import price£1.71 per kg
Jan 2024: £4.8mFeb 2024: £3.8mMar 2024: £3.7mApr 2024: £4.4mMay 2024: £3.6mJun 2024: £3.1mJul 2024: £2.9mAug 2024: £2.7mSept 2024: £3.5mOct 2024: £4.4mNov 2024: £4.3mDec 2024: £3.9mJan 2025: £5.1mFeb 2025: £3.8mMar 2025: £4.5mApr 2025: £3.6mMay 2025: £3.1mJun 2025: £2.9mJul 2025: £2.9mAug 2025: £2.9mSept 2025: £3.8mOct 2025: £4mNov 2025: £3.8mDec 2025: £4.6mJan 2026: £5.6mFeb 2026: £5.2mMar 2026: £5.4mApr 2026: £4.3mMay 2026: £3.3mJun 2026: £2.9mJul 2026: £3mAug 2026: £2.6m 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
Spain £29.3m 60.3% +12.1%
Netherlands £12.2m 25.1% -2.5%
Belgium £3.7m 7.6% +9.3%
Kenya £999k 2.1% +29.7%
Italy £688k 1.4% +16%
Uganda £531k 1.1% -2.3%
Morocco £323k 0.7% -33.4%
Ireland £208k 0.4% +4.7%

Same subheading in other tariffs

World trade in 2024

0709.30 · US$645m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$64kUS$64k+US$588k+US$6m+> US$20m

Exports: 135
  1. Spain: US$250m
  2. Mexico: US$137m
  3. Netherlands: US$87m
  4. United States: US$20m
  5. Türkiye: US$18m
  6. Italy: US$13m
  7. Belgium: US$13m
  8. Honduras: US$11m
  9. Germany: US$10m
  10. Iran: US$10m
  11. China: US$9m
  12. Malaysia: US$9m
  13. Canada: US$6m
  14. France: US$6m
  15. India: US$4m
  16. Saudi Arabia: US$4m
  17. Egypt: US$4m
  18. Thailand: US$3m
  19. Poland: US$3m
  20. Morocco: US$2m
  21. Greece: US$2m
  22. Armenia: US$2m
  23. Jordan: US$2m
  24. Uganda: US$2m
  25. Dominican Republic: US$1m
  26. Guatemala: US$1m
  27. Fiji: US$1m
  28. Austria: US$1m
  29. Uzbekistan: US$851k
  30. Burkina Faso: US$697k
  31. Senegal: US$659k
  32. Bulgaria: US$611k
  33. Lebanon: US$588k
  34. North Macedonia: US$569k
  35. Kenya: US$560k
  36. Czechia: US$510k
  37. Syria: US$504k
  38. Indonesia: US$495k
  39. South Africa: US$464k
  40. Bangladesh: US$444k
  41. Slovenia: US$420k
  42. Romania: US$404k
  43. Croatia: US$390k
  44. Vietnam: US$377k
  45. Ireland: US$363k
  46. Sri Lanka: US$355k
  47. Japan: US$338k
  48. Oman: US$322k
  49. Latvia: US$320k
  50. Brazil: US$298k
  51. Kazakhstan: US$285k
  52. United Kingdom: US$282k
  53. Lithuania: US$277k
  54. Suriname: US$253k
  55. Portugal: US$203k
  56. Denmark: US$180k
  57. Sweden: US$122k
  58. Tanzania: US$119k
  59. Angola: US$111k
  60. Azerbaijan: US$96k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Spain US$250m 38.8%
2 Mexico US$137m 21.3%
3 Netherlands US$87m 13.5%
4 United States US$20m 3.1%
5 Türkiye US$18m 2.8%
6 Italy US$13m 2.1%
7 Belgium US$13m 2.1%
8 Honduras US$11m 1.6%
9 Germany US$10m 1.6%
10 Iran US$10m 1.5%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 United States US$128m 19.8%
2 Germany US$109m 16.9%
3 France US$73m 11.3%
4 United Kingdom US$57m 8.8%
5 Canada US$50m 7.8%
6 Italy US$36m 5.5%
7 Netherlands US$22m 3.5%
8 Belgium US$16m 2.5%
9 Switzerland US$15m 2.3%
10 Singapore US$11m 1.7%

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
  • 31number of duty-free countries (MFN)
  • 160%highest: Barbados, Iceland, Belize

164

Importing countryMFN dutylines from – todata year
Afghanistan 20% 2018 · HS 2012
Albania 10% 2023
Algeria 30% 2023
Angola 50% 2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda 40% 2021 · HS 2007
Argentina 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Armenia 10% 2023
Aruba 0% 2021 · HS 2012
Australia 0% 2023
Azerbaijan 6.8%* 2023 · HS 2017
Bahrain 0% 2023
Bangladesh 25% 2023 · HS 2017
Barbados 160% 2022 · HS 2017
Belarus 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Belize 80% 2023
Benin 20% 2023
Bermuda 5% 2023
Bhutan 10% 2022
Bolivia 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina 8.7%* 2022
Botswana 0% 2023
Brazil 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Brunei 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso 20% 2023
Burundi 25% 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) 13% 2023
Fiji 5% 2023
French Polynesia 4% 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 88%* 2023
India 30% 2023
Indonesia 5% 2023
Iran 55% 2020 · HS 2017
Israel 9.1%* 2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica 40% 2023
Japan 3% 2023
Jordan 25% 2023
Kazakhstan 10% 2023
Kenya 25% 2023
Kiribati 30% 2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait 0% 2023
Kyrgyzstan 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Laos 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon 70%* 2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho 0% 2023
Liberia 20% 2023
Libya 5% 2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein 75%* 8.9% – 207% 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 35% 2023
Norway 0% 2023
Oman 0% 2023
Pakistan 3% 2023
Palau 0% 2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories 8.9%* 2017 · HS 2017
Panama 15% 2023
Papua New Guinea 40% 2023
Paraguay 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Peru 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Philippines 15% 2023
Qatar 0% 2023
Russia 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda 25% 2023
Samoa 20% 2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe 10% 2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia 10% 2023
Senegal 20% 2023
Seychelles 25% 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 5% 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 64%* 7.6% – 177% 2023
Syria 20% 2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan 15% 2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania 25% 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 25% 2023
Ukraine 20% 2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates 0% 2023
United Kingdom 12% 2023
United States 1.5%* 1.3% – 1.8% 2023
Uruguay 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan 20% 2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu 30% 2023
Venezuela 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam 15% 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
05459 Other vegetables, fresh/chilled
End use (BEC Rev. 5)
Consumption goods · BEC 113101
CPC 2.1 product
01233 Eggplants (aubergines)
ISIC Rev. 4 activity
0113 Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers

Earlier HS editions

HSCode
20170709.30unchanged
20120709.30unchanged
20070709.30unchanged
20020709.30unchanged
19960709.30unchanged
19920709.30unchanged

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.

  1. EU Tariff change · Applies from:

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2163 of 17 September 2026 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

    CELEX 32026R2163 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

  2. EU Tariff change · Applies from:

    Regulation (EU) 2026/1395 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2026 on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012

    CELEX 32026R1395 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

Rule changes →

In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 0709.30 covers 3 tariff lines and the duty is 12%.

The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 0709.30; the duty is 12.8%.

Goods from 170 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 12%; 169 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £48.5m (up 8% on the year before), at an average of £1.71 per kg; Spain supplied 60%, followed by Netherlands.

World trade in these goods reached US$645m in 2024, up 2.7% on 2023.

Spain was the largest exporter with 38.8% of the total, ahead of Mexico.

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Questions and answers

What is the HS code for other vegetables, fresh or chilled: aubergines (eggplants)?

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: aubergines (eggplants) fall under HS subheading 0709.30, part of heading 0709, in section II of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on other vegetables, fresh or chilled in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0709.30 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on other vegetables, fresh or chilled in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0709.30 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12.8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most other vegetables, fresh or chilled?

Spain, with US$250m in 2024 (38.8% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

169 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 12% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.

Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?

The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Spain (60%), Netherlands (25%) and Belgium (8%), out of total imports of £48.5m.

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