1006.20: Rice, husked (brown) rice

Husked (brown) rice

Official description Husked (brown) rice

1006.20 is the HS subheading for husked (brown) rice, under heading 1006 in chapter 10.

Importing into Country of origin

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty Free · specific or compound duty standard rate · across 22 national lines depends on the country of origin

Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 4

VAT 0.00 % import VAT

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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

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1006 20 00 00 Husked (brown) rice
Parboiled
1006 20 11 00 Round grain 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 13 00 Medium grain 25 GBP / 1000 kg
Long grain
1006 20 15 00 Of a length/width ratio greater than 2 but less than 3 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 17 00 Of a length/width ratio equal to or greater than 3
Aromatic rice
Basmati rice
1006 20 17 13 Of the varieties basmati 217 (india), basmati 370, basmati 386 (india), kernel (basmati) (pakistan), pusa basmati, ranbir basmati (india), super basmati, taraori basmati (hbc-19) (india), type-3 (dehradun) (india) Free
1006 20 17 18 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 17 91 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 17 99 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 19 00 Other
Aromatic rice
Basmati rice
1006 20 19 13 Of the varieties basmati 217 (india), basmati 370, basmati 386 (india), kernel (basmati) (pakistan), pusa basmati, ranbir basmati (india), super basmati, taraori basmati (hbc-19) (india), type-3 (dehradun) (india) 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 19 18 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 19 91 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 19 99 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
Other
1006 20 92 00 Round grain 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 94 00 Medium grain 25 GBP / 1000 kg
Long grain
1006 20 96 00 Of a length/width ratio greater than 2 but less than 3 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 98 00 Of a length/width ratio equal to or greater than 3
Aromatic rice
Basmati rice
1006 20 98 13 Of the varieties basmati 217 (india), basmati 370, basmati 386 (india), kernel (basmati) (pakistan), pusa basmati, ranbir basmati (india), super basmati, taraori basmati (hbc-19) (india), type-3 (dehradun) (india) Free
1006 20 98 18 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 98 91 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 98 99 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 99 00 Other
Aromatic rice
Basmati rice
1006 20 99 13 Of the varieties basmati 217 (india), basmati 370, basmati 386 (india), kernel (basmati) (pakistan), pusa basmati, ranbir basmati (india), super basmati, taraori basmati (hbc-19) (india), type-3 (dehradun) (india) 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 99 18 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 99 91 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg
1006 20 99 99 Other 25 GBP / 1000 kg

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 2

Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
Applies to goods from
Belarus, Russia

Legal act
2022 No. 376
Documents
- 9008
Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota 15%
Applies to goods from
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 205 more

Legal act
S.I. 2020/1432
Documents
- L001 Import licence AGRIM
- Y100 Special entries on the import licence AGRIM

Import requirements 4

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
all countries

Legal act
2024/120, 2006 No, 972
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
- A022 Copy of a certificate of authenticity Basmati Rice for export to the European Union
Import controlImport control on genetically modified organisms (GMO) and products containing GMOs
Applies to goods from
China
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))
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)	—	Free
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
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
CPTPPQuota	Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia and 3 more Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam	Free
Central AmericaQuota	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–Cameroon agreement	Cameroon	Free
UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement	Ceuta & Melilla	Free
UK–Ecuador agreementQuota	Ecuador	Free
UK–Egypt agreementQuota	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–Kenya agreement	Kenya	Free
UK–Lebanon agreement	Lebanon	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–Samoa agreement	Samoa	Free
UK–Kosovo agreement	Kosovo	Free

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£207.9m-5% · previous 12 months

Average import price£0.65 per kg

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
India	£127.4m	61.3%	+18.8%
Pakistan	£37.4m	18%	-25.9%
Uruguay	£21m	10.1%	-27.1%
Argentina	£8.8m	4.2%	-32.9%
Italy	£4.5m	2.2%	+11.9%
Spain	£2.3m	1.1%	-39.2%
Greece	£1.6m	0.8%	-10.7%
United States	£1.5m	0.7%	-61.9%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU specific or compound duty Third-country duty 10 tariff lines

Türkiye 36% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines

USA specific or compound duty General (MFN) 2 tariff lines

World trade in 2024

1006.20 · US$2bn

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$113kUS$113k+US$1m+US$35m+> US$195m

Exports: 129

India: US$509m
Pakistan: US$404m
United States: US$233m
Uruguay: US$195m
China: US$157m
Paraguay: US$141m
Italy: US$84m
Argentina: US$81m
Thailand: US$75m
Guyana: US$73m
Myanmar (Burma): US$63m
Belgium: US$60m
Australia: US$35m
Netherlands: US$30m
Bulgaria: US$20m
Greece: US$19m
Vietnam: US$15m
Spain: US$13m
Japan: US$13m
Poland: US$12m
Germany: US$7m
Cambodia: US$7m
France: US$6m
Brazil: US$5m
Portugal: US$3m
Czechia: US$2m
Canada: US$2m
Hungary: US$2m
Sri Lanka: US$1m
Morocco: US$1m
United Kingdom: US$1m
Denmark: US$1m
United Arab Emirates: US$1m
South Africa: US$1m
Taiwan: US$1m
Kazakhstan: US$971k
Egypt: US$843k
Suriname: US$801k
South Korea: US$779k
Saudi Arabia: US$756k
Lithuania: US$734k
Bolivia: US$641k
Burkina Faso: US$611k
Switzerland: US$533k
Romania: US$505k
North Macedonia: US$497k
Sweden: US$418k
Slovakia: US$409k
Iran: US$388k
Austria: US$317k
Ukraine: US$276k
Slovenia: US$262k
Ireland: US$237k
Côte d’Ivoire: US$228k
Cyprus: US$213k
Philippines: US$212k
Türkiye: US$198k
Singapore: US$180k
Dominican Republic: US$167k
Latvia: US$149k

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	India	US$509m	22.2%
2	Pakistan	US$404m	17.7%
3	United States	US$233m	10.2%
4	Uruguay	US$195m	8.5%
5	China	US$157m	6.9%
6	Paraguay	US$141m	6.1%
7	Italy	US$84m	3.7%
8	Argentina	US$81m	3.5%
9	Thailand	US$75m	3.3%
10	Guyana	US$73m	3.2%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	South Korea	US$335m	14.6%
2	United Kingdom	US$324m	14.1%
3	Brazil	US$177m	7.7%
4	Belgium	US$156m	6.8%
5	Netherlands	US$139m	6.1%
6	Spain	US$135m	5.9%
7	Vietnam	US$133m	5.8%
8	Niger	US$120m	5.3%
9	Portugal	US$95m	4.1%
10	France	US$86m	3.8%

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.

N286823 U.S. CBP 6 June 2017 · 1006.20.20.00

The tariff classification of Rice Blends from India and Italy. Correction to Ruling Number N279625
N279625 U.S. CBP 21 October 2016 · 1006.20.40.40

The tariff classification of Rice Blends from India and Italy

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.

Tariff change 7 September 2026 · Applies from: 25 September 2026

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2029 of 3 September 2026 fixing the import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from 7 September 2026

CELEX 32026R2029 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
Tariff change 22 June 2026 · Applies from: 17 July 2028

Regulation (EU) 2026/1395 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2026 on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012

CELEX 32026R1395 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
Quota 30 April 2026 · Applies from: 18 May 2026

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/996 of 29 April 2026 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988 regarding the creation, amendment and management of certain tariff quotas following the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part

CELEX 32026R0996 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
Tariff change 6 March 2026 · Applies from: 25 March 2026

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/527 of 3 March 2026 fixing the import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from 6 March 2026

CELEX 32026R0527 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
Quota 3 February 2026

Certificate of Authenticity requirement applied to quota 05.4731 and removed from quota 05.4729. Stop Press 3 February 2026

Trade Tariff news 4519 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

Rule changes →

In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 1006.20 covers 22 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free. 2 of them are duty-free. 20 lines have a specific or compound duty.

In the EU Combined Nomenclature all 10 lines under subheading 1006.20 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.

Goods from 146 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 140 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported husked (brown) rice worth £207.9m (down 5% on the year before), at an average of £0.65 per kg; India supplied 61%, followed by Pakistan.

World trade in husked (brown) rice reached US$2bn in 2024, up 12.5% on 2023.

India was the largest exporter with 22.2% of the total, ahead of Pakistan.

Legal notes

Additional notes

1. The following terms have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:

(a) ‘round grain rice’ (subheadings 10061030, 10062011, 10062092, 10063021, 10063042, 10063061 and 10063092): rice, the grains of which are of a length not exceeding 5,2 mm and of a length/width ratio of less than 2;
(b) ‘medium grain rice’ (subheadings 10061050, 10062013, 10062094, 10063023, 10063044, 10063063 and 10063094): rice, the grains of which are of a length exceeding 5,2 mm but not exceeding 6,0 mm and of a length/width ratio of less than 3;
(c) ‘long grain rice’ (subheadings 10061071, 10061079, 10062015, 10062017, 10062096, 10062098, 10063025, 10063027, 10063046, 10063048, 10063065, 10063067, 10063096 and 10063098): rice, the grains of which are of a length exceeding 6,0 mm;
(d) ‘paddy rice’ (subheadings 10061030, 10061050, 10061071, 10061079 and 10061090): rice which has retained its husk after threshing;
(e) ‘husked rice’ (subheadings 10062011, 10062013, 10062015, 10062017, 10062019, 10062092, 10062094, 10062096, 10062098 and 10062099): rice from which only the husk has been removed. Examples of rice falling within this definition are those with the commercial descriptions ‘brown rice’, ‘cargo rice’, ‘loonzain’ and ‘riso sbramato’;
(f) ‘semi-milled rice’ (subheadings 10063021, 10063023, 10063025, 10063027, 10063029, 10063042, 10063044, 10063046, 10063048 and 10063049): rice from which the husk, part of the germ and the whole or part of the outer layers of the pericarp, but not the inner layers, have been removed;
(g) ‘wholly milled rice’ (subheadings 10063061, 10063063, 10063065, 10063067, 10063069, 10063092, 10063094, 10063096, 10063098 and 10063099): rice from which the husk, the whole of the outer and inner layers of the pericarp, the whole of the germ in the case of long or medium grain rice, and at least part thereof in the case of round grain rice, have been removed, but in which longitudinal white striations may remain on not more than 10 % of the grains;
(h) ‘broken rice’ (subheading 100640): grain fragments, the length of which does not exceed three-quarters of the average length of the whole grain.

2. The duty-rate applicable to mixtures of this chapter is as follows:

(a) in mixtures where one of the components represents at least 90 % by weight, the rate applicable to that component applies;
(b) in other mixtures, the rate applicable is that of the component which results in the highest amount of import duty.

Products classified here

rice, brown, in the husk

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for rice, husked (brown) rice?

Rice, husked (brown) rice fall under HS subheading 1006.20, part of heading 1006, in section II of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on rice, husked (brown) rice in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 1006.20 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 rice, husked (brown) rice in the EU?

Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 1006.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 36%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most rice, husked (brown) rice?

India, with US$509m in 2024 (22.2% of world exports).

Which countries can export husked (brown) rice to the UK duty-free?

140 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.

Is there anti-dumping duty on husked (brown) rice?

The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.

Where does the UK import husked (brown) rice from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were India (61%), Pakistan (18%) and Uruguay (10%), out of total imports of £207.9m.