Chapter
Chapter 08: Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
Chapter 08 of the Harmonized System has 14 headings and belongs to section II (vegetable products).
Duty rates compared
UK Free – 20% Third-country duty 208 tariff lines · average 7.4% · 14× specific or compound duty 
EU Free – 20.8% Third-country duty 128 tariff lines · average 6.7% · 8× specific or compound duty 
Türkiye 2% – 86.4% Third-country duty 157 tariff lines · average 37.3% 
USA Free – 29.8% General (MFN) 133 tariff lines · average 4.9% · 73× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free – 12.5% Third-country duty 157 tariff lines · average 0.5% · 11× specific or compound duty 
Mexico Free – 20% Third-country duty 92 tariff lines · average 18.9% · 6× specific or compound duty 
Brazil Free – 55% Third-country duty 84 tariff lines · average 9.4% 
Argentina Free – 9% Third-country duty 255 tariff lines · average 8.9% 
Peru Free – 11% Third-country duty 95 tariff lines · average 5.9% 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 155 tariff lines · average 0.6% 
Japan Free – 23.8% Third-country duty 108 tariff lines · average 7.3% · 6× specific or compound duty 
Taiwan 2.5% – 184% Third-country duty 144 tariff lines · average 28.4% · 13× specific or compound duty 
GCC Free – 5% Third-country duty 94 tariff lines · average 2.2% 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 151 tariff lines · 116× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free Third-country duty 122 tariff lines · 36× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia Free – 50% Third-country duty 128 tariff lines · average 19.3% · 13× specific or compound duty 
Nigeria 5% – 20% Third-country duty 73 tariff lines · average 19.6% Headings 14
- 0801Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
- 0802Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
- 0803Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried
- 0804Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
- 0805Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
- 0806Grapes, fresh or dried
- 0807Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh
- 0808Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
- 0809Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh
- 0810Other fruit, fresh
- 0811Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
- 0812Fruit and nuts provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
- 0813Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter
- 0814Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
EU: imports by month
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$44mUS$44m+US$314m+US$2bn+> US$7bn
Exports: 215
- United States: US$16bn
- Spain: US$12bn
- Mexico: US$11bn
- Chile: US$9bn
- Vietnam: US$8bn
- China: US$8bn
- Thailand: US$7bn
- Peru: US$7bn
- Türkiye: US$6bn
- South Africa: US$6bn
- Netherlands: US$5bn
- Ecuador: US$5bn
- Italy: US$4bn
- Costa Rica: US$3bn
- New Zealand: US$3bn
- Egypt: US$3bn
- Morocco: US$3bn
- Germany: US$3bn
- Philippines: US$2bn
- Colombia: US$2bn
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$2bn
- Australia: US$2bn
- Guatemala: US$2bn
- India: US$2bn
- Belgium: US$2bn
- Poland: US$2bn
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$2bn
- Greece: US$2bn
- France: US$2bn
- Brazil: US$1bn
- Iran: US$1bn
- Portugal: US$1bn
- Indonesia: US$1bn
- Argentina: US$985m
- Israel: US$981m
- Cambodia: US$832m
- Serbia: US$812m
- Canada: US$810m
- Uzbekistan: US$803m
- Tanzania: US$712m
- Afghanistan: US$593m
- Saudi Arabia: US$522m
- Azerbaijan: US$501m
- Dominican Republic: US$497m
- Honduras: US$461m
- Tunisia: US$420m
- Ghana: US$419m
- Malaysia: US$412m
- Kenya: US$406m
- Ukraine: US$403m
- Pakistan: US$389m
- Austria: US$370m
- Nigeria: US$330m
- United Arab Emirates: US$314m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$313m
- Panama: US$303m
- Moldova: US$289m
- Japan: US$286m
- Togo: US$230m
- Czechia: US$230m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$42mUS$42m+US$381m+US$2bn+> US$6bn
Imports: 224
- United States: US$22bn
- China: US$21bn
- Germany: US$12bn
- Netherlands: US$9bn
- United Kingdom: US$7bn
- France: US$6bn
- Canada: US$6bn
- Vietnam: US$5bn
- India: US$5bn
- Russia: US$4bn
- Spain: US$4bn
- Italy: US$4bn
- Belgium: US$3bn
- Japan: US$3bn
- Poland: US$3bn
- United Arab Emirates: US$2bn
- South Korea: US$2bn
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$2bn
- Mexico: US$2bn
- Saudi Arabia: US$2bn
- Türkiye: US$2bn
- Indonesia: US$2bn
- Austria: US$2bn
- Thailand: US$2bn
- Switzerland: US$2bn
- Czechia: US$1bn
- Portugal: US$1bn
- Romania: US$1bn
- Brazil: US$1bn
- Taiwan: US$1bn
- Malaysia: US$1bn
- Sweden: US$1bn
- Iraq: US$956m
- Norway: US$859m
- Denmark: US$848m
- Australia: US$830m
- Morocco: US$758m
- Singapore: US$742m
- Philippines: US$714m
- Slovakia: US$656m
- Ukraine: US$656m
- Ireland: US$608m
- Hungary: US$560m
- Finland: US$524m
- Greece: US$524m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$490m
- Kazakhstan: US$473m
- Kuwait: US$465m
- Bangladesh: US$445m
- Lithuania: US$427m
- Israel: US$426m
- Croatia: US$424m
- Bulgaria: US$413m
- Egypt: US$410m
- Chile: US$398m
- Serbia: US$381m
- Argentina: US$381m
- Qatar: US$361m
- Slovenia: US$359m
- Algeria: US$334m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$16bn | 9.5% |
| 2 |  Spain | US$12bn | 7.1% |
| 3 | Mexico | US$11bn | 6.5% |
| 4 |  Chile | US$9bn | 5.7% |
| 5 |  Vietnam | US$8bn | 4.8% |
| 6 |  China | US$8bn | 4.7% |
| 7 |  Thailand | US$7bn | 4.2% |
| 8 | Peru | US$7bn | 4.1% |
| 9 | Türkiye | US$6bn | 3.9% |
| 10 |  South Africa | US$6bn | 3.4% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$22bn | 13.6% |
| 2 | China | US$21bn | 12.6% |
| 3 |  Germany | US$12bn | 7.5% |
| 4 |  Netherlands | US$9bn | 5.7% |
| 5 | United Kingdom | US$7bn | 4.1% |
| 6 |  France | US$6bn | 3.8% |
| 7 | Canada | US$6bn | 3.5% |
| 8 | Vietnam | US$5bn | 2.8% |
| 9 |  India | US$5bn | 2.8% |
| 10 |  Russia | US$4bn | 2.7% |
The UK Global Tariff divides chapter 08 into 208 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 20% (average 7.4%). 41 of them are duty-free. 14 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, chapter 08 covers 128 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 20.8%. 17 of them are duty-free. 8 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides chapter 08 into 157 tariff lines; the duty is between 2% and 86.4% (average 37.3%).
In 2024, countries exported chapter 08 goods worth US$163bn (+7.9% year on year).
The largest exporter was the United States (US$16bn), followed by Spain.
The biggest buyer was the United States, with imports of US$22bn.
Chapter notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits.
2. Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified in the same headings as the corresponding fresh fruits and nuts.
3. Dried fruit or dried nuts of this chapter may be partially rehydrated, or treated for the following purposes:
(a) for additional preservation or stabilisation (for example, by moderate heat treatment, sulphuring, the addition of sorbic acid or potassium sorbate),
(b) to improve or maintain their appearance (for example, by the addition of vegetable oil or small quantities of glucose syrup),
provided that they retain the character of dried fruit or dried nuts.
4. Heading 0812 applies to fruit and nuts which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.
Additional notes
1. The content of various sugars expressed as sucrose (sugar content) of the products classified in this chapter corresponds to the figure indicated by a refractometer (used in accordance with the method prescribed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 974/2014) at a temperature of 20 °C and multiplied by the factor 0,95.
2. For the purposes of subheadings 08119011, 08119031 and 08119085, ‘tropical fruit’ means guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws (papayas), tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodilla plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya.
3. For the purposes of subheadings 08119011, 08119031, 08119085, 08129070 and 08135031, ‘tropical nuts’ means coconuts, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts, areca (or betel), cola and macadamia nuts.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons?
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons make up HS chapter 08, in section II of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on edible fruit and nuts in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 08 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 20%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on edible fruit and nuts in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 08 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 20.8%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most edible fruit and nuts?
The United States, with US$16bn in 2024 (9.5% of world exports).