Subheading · Chapter 07 · Heading 0710

0710.22

0710.22: Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)

Subheading 0710.22 belongs to heading 0710 (vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen) in chapter 07.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty 14% standard rate · across 3 national lines depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges — Import requirements: 4
VAT 0.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 0710 22 00 00 Beans (vigna spp., phaseolus spp.) 14%
  2. 0710 22 00 10 Yard long beans (vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis, vigna unguiculata spp. unguiculata) 14%
  3. 0710 22 00 20 Green beans, wax beans and string beans 14%
  4. 0710 22 00 90 Other 14%

Additional duties and import rules

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

Import requirements 4

  • 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 controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
    Applies to goods from
    Cambodia, Dominican Republic, India
    Legal act
    2019/1793, 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)—14%
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
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–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–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
UK–Norway agreement Norway Free
CPTPP Brunei, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand 2.8%
DCTS Standard Indonesia 10.5%

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£20.9m-6.6% · previous 12 months
Average import price£1.05 per kg
Jan 2024: £1.5mFeb 2024: £1.8mMar 2024: £2mApr 2024: £1.8mMay 2024: £1.7mJun 2024: £2.4mJul 2024: £1.7mAug 2024: £1.8mSept 2024: £1.9mOct 2024: £2.3mNov 2024: £2mDec 2024: £1.8mJan 2025: £2mFeb 2025: £1.9mMar 2025: £2.1mApr 2025: £1.9mMay 2025: £1.6mJun 2025: £1.6mJul 2025: £1.6mAug 2025: £1.8mSept 2025: £1.9mOct 2025: £2.2mNov 2025: £1.6mDec 2025: £1.6mJan 2026: £2mFeb 2026: £1.8mMar 2026: £1.7mApr 2026: £1.8mMay 2026: £1.8mJun 2026: £1.7mJul 2026: £1.3mAug 2026: £1.4m 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
Belgium £11.1m 53% -10.1%
China £2.8m 13.3% -10.9%
France £1.8m 8.7% -11.7%
Ireland £1.4m 6.7% +14.1%
Kenya £1.3m 6.1% +98.2%
Spain £1.1m 5.5% -3.4%
Poland £451k 2.2% +42.2%
Argentina £229k 1.1% +120.1%

Same subheading in other tariffs

World trade in 2024

0710.22 · US$495m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$95kUS$95k+US$1m+US$9m+> US$34m

Exports: 120
  1. Belgium: US$163m
  2. France: US$45m
  3. China: US$44m
  4. Canada: US$34m
  5. Spain: US$28m
  6. Netherlands: US$24m
  7. Poland: US$23m
  8. Egypt: US$22m
  9. United States: US$16m
  10. Thailand: US$13m
  11. Tanzania: US$11m
  12. Italy: US$9m
  13. Mexico: US$6m
  14. New Zealand: US$6m
  15. Kenya: US$4m
  16. Serbia: US$4m
  17. Germany: US$4m
  18. Hungary: US$4m
  19. India: US$3m
  20. Portugal: US$3m
  21. Romania: US$3m
  22. Denmark: US$2m
  23. United Kingdom: US$2m
  24. Taiwan: US$2m
  25. Ireland: US$2m
  26. Myanmar (Burma): US$1m
  27. Türkiye: US$1m
  28. Greece: US$1m
  29. Lithuania: US$1m
  30. Uganda: US$1m
  31. Argentina: US$1m
  32. Austria: US$864k
  33. Latvia: US$828k
  34. Guatemala: US$655k
  35. Vietnam: US$592k
  36. Ecuador: US$564k
  37. South Africa: US$504k
  38. Czechia: US$492k
  39. Croatia: US$465k
  40. Ethiopia: US$432k
  41. Russia: US$427k
  42. Peru: US$381k
  43. Bulgaria: US$359k
  44. Ghana: US$348k
  45. Estonia: US$319k
  46. Slovakia: US$310k
  47. Kyrgyzstan: US$268k
  48. Japan: US$263k
  49. Morocco: US$235k
  50. Madagascar: US$223k
  51. Senegal: US$188k
  52. Sweden: US$182k
  53. Chile: US$161k
  54. Israel: US$153k
  55. Indonesia: US$141k
  56. Saudi Arabia: US$127k
  57. Switzerland: US$113k
  58. Dominican Republic: US$95k
  59. Luxembourg: US$87k
  60. Australia: US$83k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Belgium US$163m 33%
2 France US$45m 9.1%
3 China US$44m 8.9%
4 Canada US$34m 6.8%
5 Spain US$28m 5.6%
6 Netherlands US$24m 4.8%
7 Poland US$23m 4.6%
8 Egypt US$22m 4.4%
9 United States US$16m 3.3%
10 Thailand US$13m 2.6%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 United States US$86m 17.3%
2 France US$46m 9.4%
3 Germany US$46m 9.3%
4 Japan US$38m 7.6%
5 United Kingdom US$28m 5.7%
6 Italy US$26m 5.3%
7 Belgium US$21m 4.3%
8 Netherlands US$19m 3.8%
9 Spain US$13m 2.7%
10 Canada US$12m 2.3%

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
  • 20number of duty-free countries (MFN)
  • 92%highest: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Barbados

164

Importing countryMFN dutylines from – todata year
Afghanistan 25% 2018 · HS 2012
Albania 10% 2023
Algeria 30% 2023
Angola 20% 2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda 13% 0% – 40% 2021 · HS 2007
Argentina 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Armenia 10% 2023
Aruba 0% 2021 · HS 2012
Australia 0% 2023
Azerbaijan 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Bahrain 5% 2023
Bangladesh 25% 2023 · HS 2017
Barbados 57% 5% – 160% 2022 · HS 2017
Belarus 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Belize 17% 5% – 40% 2023
Benin 20% 2023
Bermuda 5% 2023
Bhutan 10% 2022
Bolivia 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina 5% 2022
Botswana 10% 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 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominica 13% 0% – 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 10% 2023
Ethiopia 30% 2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries) 14% 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 17% 5% – 40% 2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala 15% 2023
Guinea 20% 2023
Guinea-Bissau 20% 2023
Guyana 17% 5% – 40% 2023 · HS 2017
Haiti 15% 2020 · HS 2017
Honduras 15% 2023
Hong Kong SAR China 0% 2023
Iceland 30% 2023
India 30% 2023
Indonesia 5% 2023
Iran 55% 2020 · HS 2017
Israel 12% 2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica 12% 5% – 40% 2023
Japan 8.5% 2023
Jordan 5% 2023
Kazakhstan 10% 2023
Kenya 35% 2023
Kiribati 30% 2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait 5% 2023
Kyrgyzstan 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Laos 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon 35% 2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho 10% 2023
Liberia 20% 2023
Libya 5% 2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein 92%* 54% – 168% 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 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia 3% 2021 · HS 2017
Moldova 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia 5% 2023
Montserrat 12% 0% – 35% 2023 · HS 2017
Morocco 40% 2023
Mozambique 20% 2023
Myanmar (Burma) 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Namibia 10% 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 49%* 3.9% – 93% 2023
Oman 5% 2023
Pakistan 16% 2023
Palau 0% 2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories 31%* 2017 · HS 2017
Panama 15% 2023
Papua New Guinea 15% 2023
Paraguay 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Peru 6% 2023 · HS 2017
Philippines 10% 2023
Qatar 5% 2023
Russia 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda 35% 2023
Samoa 20% 2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe 10% 2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia 5% 2023
Senegal 20% 2023
Seychelles 0% 2023
Sierra Leone 20% 2023
Singapore 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Somalia 25% 2023 · HS 2017
South Africa 10% 2023
South Korea 27% 2023
Sri Lanka 20% 2023
St Kitts & Nevis 5% 0% – 15% 2023
St Lucia 17% 5% – 40% 2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon 0% 2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines 17% 5% – 40% 2023
Sudan 40% 2021 · HS 2017
Suriname 17% 5% – 40% 2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland 85%* 50% – 154% 2023
Syria 20% 2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan 15% 2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania 35% 2023
Thailand 40% 2023
Togo 20% 2023
Tonga 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago 13% 0% – 40% 2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye 20% 2023
Tuvalu 0% 2017 · HS 2017
Uganda 35% 2023
Ukraine 10% 2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates 5% 2023
United Kingdom 14% 2023
United States 5.6% 0% – 11% 2023
Uruguay 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan 20% 2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu 30% 2023
Venezuela 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam 17% 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
05469 Other vegetables & mixtures of vegetables (uncooked/cooked by steaming/boiling in water), frozen
End use (BEC Rev. 5)
Consumption goods · BEC 113101
CPC 2.1 product
21311 Beans, frozen
ISIC Rev. 4 activity
1030 Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables

Earlier HS editions

HSCode
20170710.22unchanged
20120710.22unchanged
20070710.22unchanged
20020710.22unchanged
19960710.22unchanged
19920710.22unchanged

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 2

Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.

  • N313017 U.S. CBP 23 July 2020 · 0710.22.37.00

    The tariff classification of Frozen Broad Beans, Frozen Artichoke Hearts, and Dried Molokhia Leaves from Egypt

  • N296408 U.S. CBP 15 May 2018 · 0710.22.37.00 revoked

    The tariff classification of frozen vegetables from Canada

The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 0710.22 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is 14%.

Subheading 0710.22 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 14.4%.

162 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 14%.

Imports of these goods into the UK came to £20.9m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 7% on the year before); Belgium supplied 53%, followed by China.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$495m (−1.4% year on year).

The largest exporter was Belgium (US$163m), followed by France.

Products classified here

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)?

Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) fall under HS subheading 0710.22, part of heading 0710, in section II of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0710.22 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 14%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0710.22 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 14.4%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)?

Belgium, with US$163m in 2024 (33% of world exports).

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

162 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 14% 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 Belgium (53%), China (13%) and France (9%), out of total imports of £20.9m.

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