1404.90: Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: other

1. 1404 90 00 00 Other Free
2. 1404 90 00 10 Betel leaves (piper betle l.) Free
3. 1404 90 00 90 Other Free

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£37.5m-9.8% · previous 12 months

Average import price£0.22 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
United States	£17.6m	47.1%	-16.7%
Netherlands	£6m	15.9%	-7%
India	£5.9m	15.9%	+6.3%
China	£3m	8%	+73.5%
Sri Lanka	£1.6m	4.2%	-60.2%
Malaysia	£801k	2.1%	+10.7%
Spain	£406k	1.1%	-24.4%
Argentina	£364k	1%	+16,213.1%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye Free Third-country duty 14 tariff lines USA Free – 2.3% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 0.8% · 2× specific or compound duty Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico 10% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Brazil 5.4% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Argentina 5.4% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Peru Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines New Zealand Free Third-country duty 7 tariff lines Japan Free – 6% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 2.7% Taiwan Free – 20% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · average 8.6% GCC 5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Indonesia	US$491m	30.1%
2	India	US$145m	8.9%
3	Malaysia	US$131m	8%
4	China	US$122m	7.5%
5	Mexico	US$114m	7%
6	Sri Lanka	US$92m	5.7%
7	Peru	US$58m	3.6%
8	Netherlands	US$47m	2.9%
9	United States	US$42m	2.6%
10	Ukraine	US$34m	2.1%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Japan	US$595m	36.4%
2	United States	US$178m	10.9%
3	China	US$74m	4.6%
4	Netherlands	US$55m	3.4%
5	Peru	US$51m	3.1%
6	India	US$49m	3%
7	Poland	US$45m	2.7%
8	United Kingdom	US$41m	2.5%
9	South Korea	US$39m	2.4%
10	Thailand	US$36m	2.2%

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.

• 5%median duty
• 45number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 30%highest: Ethiopia, India, Bermuda

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	5%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	10%		2023
Algeria	13%	5% – 15%	2023
Angola	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	0%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	11%	8% – 13%	2023
Aruba	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	0%		2023
Azerbaijan	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	0%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	16%	10% – 25%	2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	5%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	11%	8% – 13%	2021 · HS 2017
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	0%		2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Brazil	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	5%		2023
Burundi	10%		2023
Cambodia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	12%	5% – 15%	2023
Colombia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	5.4%	0% – 14%	2023
Côte d’Ivoire	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	6.7%	0% – 10%	2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	2%		2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	6%	0% – 15%	2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
Ethiopia	30%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	6%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	5%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	5%		2023
Gibraltar	12%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	5%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	6%	0% – 15%	2023
Guinea	5%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	5%		2023
Guyana	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	0%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	6%	0% – 15%	2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	30%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Iran	19%	5% – 32%	2020 · HS 2017
Israel	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	2.7%	0% – 6%	2023
Jordan	1.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	9%	8% – 10%	2023
Kenya	10%		2023
Kiribati	0%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	11%	8% – 13%	2021 · HS 2017
Laos	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	1.3%	0% – 5%	2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	5%		2023
Libya	10%	5% – 15%	2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	5%		2023
Malawi	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	21%	0% – 25%	2023
Mali	5%		2023
Mauritania	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	2.5%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	4.4%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	0%		2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	10%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	6%	0% – 15%	2023
Niger	5%		2023
Nigeria	5%		2023
North Macedonia	0%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	18%	11% – 20%	2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Panama	11%	0% – 15%	2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	3.8%	3% – 7%	2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	11%	8% – 13%	2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	10%		2023
Samoa	8%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	5%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	5%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	3.5%	3% – 5%	2023
Sri Lanka	16%	0% – 20%	2023
St Kitts & Nevis	0%		2023
St Lucia	0%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	5%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Sudan	25%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	5%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	15%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	10%		2023
Thailand	3%		2023
Togo	5%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	0%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	0%		2023
Tuvalu	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	10%		2023
Ukraine	2%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0.8%	0% – 2.3%	2023
Uruguay	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	0%		2023
Venezuela	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	5%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	4%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	18%	10% – 25%	2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	15%		2023
Zimbabwe	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

29299 Vegetable materials & vegetable products, n.e.s.

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 1111

CPC 2.1 product

03250 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting or as stuffing or padding; raw vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for dyeing or tanning; vegetable products n.e.c.

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

0129 Growing of other perennial crops

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 39

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.

1. Import and export controls 20 July 2026

   Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov

2. Tariff change 4 June 2026

   Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov

Rule changes →

Products classified here

• henna
• loofahs
• piassava
• gall nuts
• myrobalans
• couch-grass
• quillaia bark
• coconut shells
• dom palm seeds
• vine tie grass
• seeds, for carving
• gomuti (gumati) fibre

Questions and answers

Typical products

• coconut shells
• couch-grass
• dom palm seeds
• gall nuts
• gomuti (gumati) fibre
• henna
• loofahs
• myrobalans
• piassava
• quillaia bark
• seeds, for carving
• vine tie grass

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.