Subheading · Chapter 13 · Heading 1302
1302.32: Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds
1302.32 is a six-digit subheading of heading 1302, vegetable saps and extracts, chapter 13.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 1302 32 00 00 Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds
- 1302 32 10 00 Of locust beans or locust bean seeds Free
- 1302 32 90 00 Of guar seeds Free
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
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
Import requirements 3
- 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
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- India
- Legal act
- 2024/120
- Documents
- Tariff lines
- on 1 of 2 lines
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 | |
| 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 |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Chile, Malaysia | 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–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | 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–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | 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–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5.5m | 47.6% | -15.5% | |
| £1.8m | 15.3% | -10.9% | |
| £1.6m | 13.6% | -18.1% | |
| £538k | 4.7% | +31.5% | |
| £337k | 2.9% | +271.9% | |
| £323k | 2.8% | +13.6% | |
| £267k | 2.3% | +48.7% | |
| £264k | 2.3% | -13.2% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$159kUS$159k+US$982k+US$19m+> US$81m
Exports: 94
- India: US$440m
- Spain: US$96m
- Italy: US$81m
- United States: US$62m
- China: US$41m
- Pakistan: US$40m
- Germany: US$35m
- Netherlands: US$30m
- France: US$29m
- Denmark: US$19m
- Switzerland: US$18m
- Morocco: US$15m
- Belgium: US$12m
- Türkiye: US$9m
- Poland: US$5m
- Philippines: US$4m
- Mexico: US$4m
- United Kingdom: US$3m
- Canada: US$2m
- Japan: US$2m
- South Africa: US$2m
- South Korea: US$2m
- Australia: US$982k
- Slovakia: US$954k
- Austria: US$920k
- Russia: US$884k
- Portugal: US$732k
- Sweden: US$650k
- Hungary: US$493k
- Romania: US$476k
- Saudi Arabia: US$448k
- Indonesia: US$448k
- Chile: US$415k
- Brazil: US$351k
- Peru: US$334k
- Malaysia: US$324k
- Singapore: US$324k
- Thailand: US$322k
- Lithuania: US$283k
- Algeria: US$236k
- Croatia: US$232k
- Czechia: US$215k
- Ireland: US$207k
- Norway: US$182k
- Taiwan: US$160k
- Colombia: US$159k
- Serbia: US$156k
- Bulgaria: US$150k
- Dominican Republic: US$95k
- Greece: US$92k
- Guatemala: US$89k
- Oman: US$77k
- Slovenia: US$77k
- Argentina: US$69k
- Kuwait: US$62k
- Bahrain: US$61k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$57k
- Finland: US$51k
- New Zealand: US$49k
- Zambia: US$41k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$401kUS$401k+US$3m+US$15m+> US$37m
Imports: 161
- United States: US$177m
- Germany: US$94m
- Russia: US$75m
- China: US$74m
- France: US$37m
- Japan: US$34m
- Netherlands: US$29m
- Denmark: US$29m
- Canada: US$29m
- Mexico: US$26m
- Australia: US$22m
- Poland: US$22m
- Italy: US$20m
- Brazil: US$19m
- United Kingdom: US$19m
- Indonesia: US$16m
- South Korea: US$15m
- Thailand: US$14m
- Spain: US$13m
- Belgium: US$12m
- Congo - Brazzaville: US$12m
- Austria: US$10m
- United Arab Emirates: US$10m
- Türkiye: US$10m
- Switzerland: US$9m
- Malaysia: US$8m
- India: US$8m
- South Africa: US$8m
- Saudi Arabia: US$7m
- Hungary: US$7m
- Argentina: US$5m
- Egypt: US$5m
- Chile: US$4m
- Taiwan: US$4m
- Romania: US$4m
- New Zealand: US$4m
- Vietnam: US$4m
- Israel: US$3m
- Algeria: US$3m
- Colombia: US$3m
- Philippines: US$3m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Sweden: US$2m
- Oman: US$2m
- Iraq: US$2m
- Czechia: US$2m
- Kuwait: US$2m
- Singapore: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$2m
- Guatemala: US$2m
- Nigeria: US$2m
- Pakistan: US$1m
- Congo - Kinshasa: US$1m
- Bahrain: US$1m
- Portugal: US$1m
- Norway: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- Morocco: US$1m
- Kazakhstan: US$1m
- Finland: US$1m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$440m | 45.7% | |
| 2 | US$96m | 10% | |
| 3 | US$81m | 8.4% | |
| 4 | US$62m | 6.4% | |
| 5 | US$41m | 4.3% | |
| 6 | US$40m | 4.2% | |
| 7 | US$35m | 3.6% | |
| 8 | US$30m | 3.1% | |
| 9 | US$29m | 3% | |
| 10 | US$19m | 2% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$177m | 18.5% | |
| 2 | US$94m | 9.8% | |
| 3 | US$75m | 7.8% | |
| 4 | US$74m | 7.7% | |
| 5 | US$37m | 3.8% | |
| 6 | US$34m | 3.5% | |
| 7 | US$29m | 3% | |
| 8 | US$29m | 3% | |
| 9 | US$29m | 3% | |
| 10 | US$26m | 2.7% |
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.
- 5%median duty
- 55number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 35%highest: Bahamas, India, Cayman Islands
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 4.3% | 0% – 8.5% | 2023 | |
| 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 4.3% | 0% – 8.5% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4.3% | 0% – 8.5% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8.3% | 0% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4.3% | 0% – 8.5% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 16% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 4% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4.3% | 0% – 8.5% | 2023 | |
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2% – 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · 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
- 29296 Mucilages & thickeners, whether/not modified, derived from vegetable products
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 111210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 23999 Other food products n.e.c.
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1079 Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1302.32 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 1302.32 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 1302.32 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 1302.32 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 1302.32 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 1302.32 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
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.
In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 1302.32 covers 2 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides subheading 1302.32 into 2 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 172 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 172 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 these goods worth £11.5m (down 12% on the year before), at an average of £1.94 per kg; India supplied 48%, followed by Italy.
World trade in these goods reached US$961m in 2024, down 10.3% on 2023.
India was the largest exporter with 45.7% of the total, ahead of Spain.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds?
Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds fall under HS subheading 1302.32, part of heading 1302, in section II of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on mucilages and thickeners in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 1302.32 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 mucilages and thickeners in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 1302.32 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 mucilages and thickeners?
India, with US$440m in 2024 (45.7% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
172 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 Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
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 these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were India (48%), Italy (15%) and Spain (14%), out of total imports of £11.5m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.