Subheading · Chapter 07 · Heading 0710
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
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 0710 22 00 00 Beans (vigna spp., phaseolus spp.) 14%
- 0710 22 00 10 Yard long beans (vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis, vigna unguiculata spp. unguiculata) 14%
- 0710 22 00 20 Green beans, wax beans and string beans 14%
- 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 scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 14% |
| 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 |
| 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
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 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
EU
TürkiyeWorld trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$95kUS$95k+US$1m+US$9m+> US$34m
Exports: 120
- Belgium: US$163m
- France: US$45m
- China: US$44m
- Canada: US$34m
- Spain: US$28m
- Netherlands: US$24m
- Poland: US$23m
- Egypt: US$22m
- United States: US$16m
- Thailand: US$13m
- Tanzania: US$11m
- Italy: US$9m
- Mexico: US$6m
- New Zealand: US$6m
- Kenya: US$4m
- Serbia: US$4m
- Germany: US$4m
- Hungary: US$4m
- India: US$3m
- Portugal: US$3m
- Romania: US$3m
- Denmark: US$2m
- United Kingdom: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$2m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$1m
- Türkiye: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- Lithuania: US$1m
- Uganda: US$1m
- Argentina: US$1m
- Austria: US$864k
- Latvia: US$828k
- Guatemala: US$655k
- Vietnam: US$592k
- Ecuador: US$564k
- South Africa: US$504k
- Czechia: US$492k
- Croatia: US$465k
- Ethiopia: US$432k
- Russia: US$427k
- Peru: US$381k
- Bulgaria: US$359k
- Ghana: US$348k
- Estonia: US$319k
- Slovakia: US$310k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$268k
- Japan: US$263k
- Morocco: US$235k
- Madagascar: US$223k
- Senegal: US$188k
- Sweden: US$182k
- Chile: US$161k
- Israel: US$153k
- Indonesia: US$141k
- Saudi Arabia: US$127k
- Switzerland: US$113k
- Dominican Republic: US$95k
- Luxembourg: US$87k
- Australia: US$83k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$85kUS$85k+US$941k+US$4m+> US$26m
Imports: 198
- United States: US$86m
- France: US$46m
- Germany: US$46m
- Japan: US$38m
- United Kingdom: US$28m
- Italy: US$26m
- Belgium: US$21m
- Netherlands: US$19m
- Spain: US$13m
- Canada: US$12m
- Israel: US$11m
- Romania: US$11m
- Uganda: US$11m
- Australia: US$10m
- Sweden: US$7m
- Poland: US$5m
- Czechia: US$5m
- Mexico: US$5m
- Saudi Arabia: US$4m
- Dominican Republic: US$4m
- Portugal: US$4m
- Hungary: US$4m
- Austria: US$4m
- Greece: US$4m
- South Africa: US$4m
- South Korea: US$3m
- Ireland: US$3m
- Taiwan: US$3m
- Croatia: US$3m
- Chile: US$3m
- Russia: US$3m
- Cyprus: US$2m
- Bulgaria: US$2m
- Latvia: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$2m
- Slovakia: US$2m
- Denmark: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$2m
- Qatar: US$2m
- Finland: US$2m
- Brazil: US$2m
- Thailand: US$2m
- Luxembourg: US$2m
- New Caledonia: US$1m
- Singapore: US$1m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$1m
- Slovenia: US$1m
- Iraq: US$1m
- New Zealand: US$941k
- Switzerland: US$921k
- China: US$802k
- Norway: US$743k
- North Macedonia: US$717k
- Kuwait: US$677k
- Kazakhstan: US$612k
- Türkiye: US$588k
- Montenegro: US$536k
- Lithuania: US$501k
- Congo - Kinshasa: US$483k
- Malta: US$431k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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
The tariff classification of Frozen Broad Beans, Frozen Artichoke Hearts, and Dried Molokhia Leaves from Egypt
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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.