Subheading · Chapter 08 · Heading 0801
0801.31: Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried: cashew nuts, in shell
Cashew nuts in shell
Official description In shell
0801.31 is the HS subheading for cashew nuts in shell, under heading 0801 in chapter 08.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 0801 31 00 00 In shell Free
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
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) | — | Free |
| 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 |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico | 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–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | 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–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | 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 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: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 India | £271k | 70.5% | +150.6% |
 Vietnam | £80k | 20.7% | -8.5% |
 Tanzania | £8k | 2% | +66.7% |
 Pakistan | £7k | 1.7% | +1.1% |
 Lebanon | £6k | 1.5% | +92.9% |
 Sri Lanka | £5k | 1.3% | — |
 United Arab Emirates | £3k | 0.8% | -28.4% |
 Belgium | £2k | 0.4% | — |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Mexico 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Brazil 9% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 9% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 16% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$57.3kUS$57.3k+US$744k+US$113.8m+> US$499.6m
Exports: 98
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$808.7m
- Tanzania: US$602m
- Cambodia: US$499.6m
- Nigeria: US$256.3m
- Togo: US$221.9m
- Guinea-Bissau: US$198.5m
- Ghana: US$184.6m
- Burkina Faso: US$152.4m
- Senegal: US$113.8m
- Mozambique: US$112.1m
- Indonesia: US$99.4m
- Guinea: US$97.5m
- India: US$42.7m
- Gambia: US$29.7m
- Benin: US$19.7m
- Netherlands: US$15.5m
- Thailand: US$13.2m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$8.7m
- Vietnam: US$5.3m
- Mali: US$4.5m
- Madagascar: US$2.2m
- Italy: US$2.1m
- United States: US$744k
- Germany: US$689k
- Lithuania: US$685.3k
- China: US$647.1k
- United Arab Emirates: US$522.2k
- Niger: US$515.4k
- Belgium: US$412.8k
- Bangladesh: US$230.8k
- Spain: US$220.2k
- Sri Lanka: US$203.8k
- Chad: US$203.7k
- Kazakhstan: US$182.7k
- Sweden: US$143.6k
- Denmark: US$141k
- Singapore: US$135.6k
- France: US$132.3k
- Türkiye: US$129.7k
- Afghanistan: US$96.5k
- Kuwait: US$93k
- Chile: US$75k
- Canada: US$72.5k
- Greece: US$63.3k
- Lebanon: US$57.3k
- Colombia: US$56.4k
- Philippines: US$55.5k
- Zambia: US$51.1k
- Saudi Arabia: US$46.3k
- United Kingdom: US$44.8k
- South Africa: US$40.2k
- Malaysia: US$32.8k
- Australia: US$28.6k
- Bulgaria: US$24k
- Austria: US$21.1k
- Brazil: US$20.1k
- Tokelau: US$19.7k
- Bahrain: US$17.7k
- Poland: US$16k
- Costa Rica: US$12.5k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$34.3kUS$34.3k+US$349.3k+US$1.9m+> US$25.9m
Imports: 139
- Vietnam: US$1.8bn
- India: US$1.6bn
- United Arab Emirates: US$34.9m
- Singapore: US$25.9m
- Togo: US$24.9m
- China: US$14.7m
- Thailand: US$9.2m
- Belgium: US$7.1m
- Sri Lanka: US$4.2m
- Germany: US$3.2m
- Slovakia: US$2.5m
- Spain: US$2.3m
- Algeria: US$2m
- Cambodia: US$1.9m
- Ghana: US$1.9m
- Malaysia: US$1.6m
- Maldives: US$1.5m
- Denmark: US$1.4m
- Kazakhstan: US$1.2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$1.2m
- Egypt: US$1.2m
- Kenya: US$1.1m
- Italy: US$1m
- United Kingdom: US$724k
- Bangladesh: US$709.7k
- Finland: US$691.1k
- United States: US$684.9k
- Pakistan: US$673.8k
- Canada: US$654.8k
- France: US$635.6k
- Hungary: US$584.6k
- Switzerland: US$560k
- Indonesia: US$349.3k
- Bahrain: US$345.7k
- Dominican Republic: US$312.1k
- Sweden: US$274.1k
- Zambia: US$265.8k
- Türkiye: US$265.2k
- Netherlands: US$224.7k
- Norway: US$203.4k
- Russia: US$182.7k
- Czechia: US$173.8k
- Portugal: US$164.4k
- Lebanon: US$142.5k
- Nepal: US$132k
- Kuwait: US$130.7k
- Israel: US$126k
- Morocco: US$120.6k
- Poland: US$110.9k
- Gambia: US$85.8k
- South Africa: US$76.3k
- Albania: US$76k
- Bulgaria: US$74.2k
- Australia: US$72.5k
- Lithuania: US$61.5k
- Laos: US$60.8k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$53.1k
- Seychelles: US$51.4k
- Luxembourg: US$50.6k
- Austria: US$48k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Côte d’Ivoire | US$808.7m | 23.1% |
| 2 | Tanzania | US$602m | 17.2% |
| 3 |  Cambodia | US$499.6m | 14.3% |
| 4 | Nigeria | US$256.3m | 7.3% |
| 5 |  Togo | US$221.9m | 6.3% |
| 6 |  Guinea-Bissau | US$198.5m | 5.7% |
| 7 |  Ghana | US$184.6m | 5.3% |
| 8 |  Burkina Faso | US$152.4m | 4.4% |
| 9 |  Senegal | US$113.8m | 3.3% |
| 10 |  Mozambique | US$112.1m | 3.2% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
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.
- 10%median duty
- 41number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 50%highest: Angola, Barbados, Belize
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 25% | 2018 · HS 2012 | |
 Albania | 10% | 2023 | |
 Algeria | 30% | 2023 | |
 Angola | 50% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Anguilla | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Antigua & Barbuda | 30% | 2021 · HS 2007 | |
| Argentina | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Armenia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Aruba | 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Australia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Azerbaijan | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Bahamas | 15% | 5% – 25% | 2022 |
 Bahrain | 5% | 2023 | |
 Bangladesh | 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Barbados | 40% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Belarus | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Belize | 40% | 2023 | |
 Benin | 20% | 2023 | |
 Bermuda | 5% | 2023 | |
 Bhutan | 10% | 2022 | |
 Bolivia | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0% | 2022 | |
 Botswana | 0% | 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 | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Cayman Islands | 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | |
 Central African Republic | 30% | 2023 | |
 Chad | 30% | 2023 | |
 Chile | 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 China | 20% | 2023 | |
 Colombia | 10% | 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 | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominica | 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominican Republic | 20% | 2023 | |
 Ecuador | 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Egypt | 20% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 El Salvador | 15% | 2022 | |
 Equatorial Guinea | 30% | 2023 | |
 Eswatini | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ethiopia | 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| European Union (27 countries) | 0% | 2023 | |
 Fiji | 0% | 2023 | |
 French Polynesia | 8% | 2023 | |
 Gabon | 30% | 2023 | |
 Gambia | 20% | 2023 | |
 Georgia | 0% | 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 | 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Honduras | 15% | 2023 | |
 Hong Kong SAR China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Iceland | 0% | 2023 | |
| India | 2.5% | 2023 | |
 Indonesia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Iran | 40% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Israel | 4% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Jamaica | 40% | 2023 | |
| Japan | 0% | 2023 | |
 Jordan | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kazakhstan | 5% | 2023 | |
 Kenya | 35% | 2023 | |
 Kiribati | 30% | 2023 · HS 2002 | |
 Kuwait | 5% | 2023 | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Laos | 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| Lebanon | 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Lesotho | 0% | 2023 | |
 Liberia | 20% | 2023 | |
 Libya | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Liechtenstein | 0% | 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 | 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Micronesia | 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Moldova | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Mongolia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Montserrat | 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Morocco | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| Mozambique | 20% | 2023 | |
 Myanmar (Burma) | 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Namibia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nauru | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Nepal | 15% | 2023 | |
| New Zealand | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nicaragua | 15% | 2023 | |
 Niger | 20% | 2023 | |
| Nigeria | 20% | 2023 | |
| North Macedonia | 0% | 2023 | |
| Norway | 0% | 2023 | |
 Oman | 5% | 2023 | |
| Pakistan | 3% | 2023 | |
 Palau | 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
 Palestinian Territories | 4% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Panama | 15% | 2023 | |
 Papua New Guinea | 40% | 2023 | |
 Paraguay | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| Peru | 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Philippines | 7% | 2023 | |
 Qatar | 5% | 2023 | |
 Russia | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Rwanda | 35% | 2023 | |
 Samoa | 15% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 São Tomé & Príncipe | 20% | 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 | 0% | 2023 | |
 South Korea | 8% | 2023 | |
| Sri Lanka | 20% | 2023 | |
 St Kitts & Nevis | 25% | 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 | 0% | 2023 | |
 Syria | 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | |
 Tajikistan | 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
| Tanzania | 35% | 2023 | |
 Thailand | 30% | 2023 | |
| Togo | 20% | 2023 | |
 Tonga | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Trinidad & Tobago | 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| Türkiye | 10% | 2023 | |
 Tuvalu | 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Uganda | 35% | 2023 | |
 Ukraine | 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5% | 2023 | |
| United Kingdom | 0% | 2023 | |
| United States | 0% | 2023 | |
 Uruguay | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Uzbekistan | 20%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Vanuatu | 30% | 2023 | |
 Venezuela | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| Vietnam | 5% | 2023 | |
 Wallis & Futuna | 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Yemen | 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Zambia | 25% | 2023 | |
 Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 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
- 05773 Cashew nuts, fresh/dried, whether/not shelled/peeled
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 113101
- CPC 2.1 product
- 01372 Cashew nuts, in shell
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 0125 Growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0801.31 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 0801.31 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 0801.31 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 0801.31 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 0801.31 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 0801.30 | changed |
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.
- Import and export controls
FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov
- Tariff change · Applies from:
CELEX 32026R1395 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
- Tariff change
FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov
Subheading 0801.31 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 0801.31; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 143 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 143 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported cashew nuts in shell worth £384.7k (up 49% on the year before), at an average of £6.75 per kg; India supplied 71%, followed by Vietnam.
World trade in cashew nuts in shell reached US$3.5bn in 2024, down 4.1% on 2023.
Côte d’Ivoire was the largest exporter with 23.1% of the total, ahead of Tanzania.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried: cashew nuts, in shell?
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried: cashew nuts, in shell fall under HS subheading 0801.31, part of heading 0801, in section II of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0801.31 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0801.31 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or…?
Côte d’Ivoire, with US$808.7m in 2024 (23.1% of world exports).
Which countries can export cashew nuts in shell to the UK duty-free?
143 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, CARIFORUM. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import cashew nuts in shell from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were India (71%), Vietnam (21%) and Tanzania (2%), out of total imports of £384.7k.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.