Subheading · Chapter 07 · Heading 0710
0710.40: Vegetables: sweetcorn
Official description Sweetcorn
Subheading 0710.40 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 40 00 00 Sweetcorn 4.00 % + 7.80 GBP / 100 kg/net eda
- 0710 40 00 20 Corn cobs (zea mays saccharata) whether or not cut, with a diameter of 10 mm or more, but not more than 20 mm, for use in the manufacture of products of the food industry for treatment other than simple repacking 4 % + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg/net eda
- Other 4.00 % + 7.80 GBP / 100 kg/net eda
- 0710 40 00 91 In cobs with a diameter of 8 mm or more, but not more than 12 mm 4 % + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg/net eda
- 0710 40 00 99 Other 4 % + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg/net eda
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
- Duty suspensionAutonomous suspension under end-use Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- until 31 December 2028
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1435
- Documents
- N990 EUS - Authorisation for the use of end use procedure (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
- Tariff lines
- on 1 of 3 lines
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) | — | — |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| CPTPPQuota | Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam | 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–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | 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–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | 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–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | 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 | 0% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| Central AmericaQuota | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–Colombia agreementQuota | Colombia | 0% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–Ecuador agreementQuota | Ecuador | 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | 0% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 0.5% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–Israel agreementQuota | Israel | 0% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | 0% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | 0% + 6.3 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | 0% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | 0% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | 1.6% + 7.8 GBP / 100 kg / net drained wt |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £21.5m | 41.1% | -6.1% | |
| £9m | 17.2% | -22.4% | |
| £6.7m | 12.8% | +0.8% | |
| £5.6m | 10.7% | +57.2% | |
| £4.7m | 8.9% | +48.8% | |
| £2.4m | 4.6% | +43.1% | |
| £1.1m | 2.2% | +91.3% | |
| £387k | 0.7% | +217% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$132kUS$132k+US$1m+US$16m+> US$39m
Exports: 107
- United States: US$94m
- China: US$69m
- Hungary: US$68m
- France: US$39m
- Belgium: US$37m
- Thailand: US$36m
- Spain: US$35m
- Poland: US$32m
- India: US$29m
- Canada: US$23m
- Vietnam: US$16m
- Peru: US$13m
- New Zealand: US$10m
- Netherlands: US$10m
- Serbia: US$6m
- Germany: US$5m
- Mexico: US$4m
- United Kingdom: US$3m
- Austria: US$3m
- Slovakia: US$3m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$2m
- Moldova: US$2m
- Indonesia: US$2m
- Brazil: US$1m
- Czechia: US$1m
- Portugal: US$916k
- Egypt: US$905k
- Saudi Arabia: US$824k
- Kenya: US$800k
- Italy: US$793k
- South Africa: US$766k
- Uzbekistan: US$587k
- Denmark: US$508k
- Chile: US$469k
- Croatia: US$467k
- Australia: US$416k
- Montenegro: US$414k
- Japan: US$363k
- Greece: US$350k
- South Korea: US$324k
- Singapore: US$322k
- Bulgaria: US$318k
- Latvia: US$306k
- Sweden: US$292k
- Ireland: US$235k
- Morocco: US$218k
- Russia: US$192k
- Dominican Republic: US$187k
- Ethiopia: US$132k
- Philippines: US$129k
- Honduras: US$125k
- Romania: US$118k
- Guatemala: US$113k
- United Arab Emirates: US$113k
- Senegal: US$104k
- Finland: US$103k
- Argentina: US$99k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$75k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$152kUS$152k+US$2m+US$6m+> US$16m
Imports: 210
- Japan: US$88m
- United Kingdom: US$72m
- United States: US$49m
- Belgium: US$48m
- Germany: US$18m
- Chile: US$17m
- Mexico: US$16m
- Canada: US$15m
- Colombia: US$15m
- Australia: US$14m
- Saudi Arabia: US$11m
- Italy: US$11m
- France: US$9m
- Israel: US$9m
- United Arab Emirates: US$8m
- Russia: US$8m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$7m
- South Korea: US$6m
- Kuwait: US$6m
- Netherlands: US$6m
- Czechia: US$6m
- Taiwan: US$6m
- Spain: US$6m
- Finland: US$5m
- Iran: US$5m
- Sweden: US$4m
- Algeria: US$3m
- Singapore: US$3m
- China: US$3m
- Ireland: US$3m
- Oman: US$3m
- Qatar: US$3m
- Austria: US$3m
- Portugal: US$3m
- Bulgaria: US$3m
- Malaysia: US$3m
- New Zealand: US$2m
- Slovakia: US$2m
- Brazil: US$2m
- Egypt: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Iraq: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Greece: US$2m
- Denmark: US$2m
- Poland: US$2m
- Jamaica: US$2m
- Indonesia: US$2m
- Ecuador: US$2m
- Vietnam: US$2m
- Bahrain: US$2m
- Norway: US$2m
- Dominican Republic: US$2m
- Switzerland: US$1m
- Cyprus: US$1m
- Panama: US$1m
- Philippines: US$1m
- South Africa: US$1m
- Thailand: US$1m
- Türkiye: US$1m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$94m | 16.8% | |
| 2 | US$69m | 12.3% | |
| 3 | US$68m | 12.2% | |
| 4 | US$39m | 7% | |
| 5 | US$37m | 6.6% | |
| 6 | US$36m | 6.4% | |
| 7 | US$35m | 6.2% | |
| 8 | US$32m | 5.7% | |
| 9 | US$29m | 5.2% | |
| 10 | US$23m | 4.2% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$88m | 15.8% | |
| 2 | US$72m | 12.8% | |
| 3 | US$49m | 8.7% | |
| 4 | US$48m | 8.6% | |
| 5 | US$18m | 3.2% | |
| 6 | US$17m | 3% | |
| 7 | US$16m | 2.8% | |
| 8 | US$15m | 2.8% | |
| 9 | US$15m | 2.7% | |
| 10 | US$14m | 2.5% |
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
- 19number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 83%highest: Barbados, Morocco, Sudan
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 0% – 30% | 2021 · HS 2007 | |
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 83% | 5% – 160% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 11% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 23% | 5% – 40% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 17% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12%* | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 23% | 5% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 23% | 5% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 15% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 23% | 5% – 40% | 2023 | |
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 0% – 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 16% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 39%* | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 23% | 5% – 40% | 2023 | |
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 23% | 5% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2007 | |
| 9.9%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 23%* | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11%* | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 17% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 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
- 05461 Sweet corn (uncooked/cooked by steaming/boiling in water), frozen
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 113101
- CPC 2.1 product
- 21319 Other vegetables and pulses, frozen
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1030 Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0710.40 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 0710.40 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 0710.40 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 0710.40 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 0710.40 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 0710.40 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
In the UK Global Tariff all 3 lines under subheading 0710.40 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature the line under subheading 0710.40 carries a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £52.4m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 2% on the year before); Hungary supplied 41%, followed by Belgium.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$558m (−2.6% year on year).
The largest exporter was the United States (US$94m), followed by China.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for vegetables: sweetcorn?
Vegetables: sweetcorn fall under HS subheading 0710.40, part of heading 0710, in section II of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on vegetables: sweetcorn in Türkiye?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 0710.40 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 5.1%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on vegetables: sweetcorn in the United States?
Under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, imports under 0710.40 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 14%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most vegetables: sweetcorn?
The United States, with US$94m in 2024 (16.8% of world exports).
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Hungary (41%), Belgium (17%) and Poland (13%), out of total imports of £52.4m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.