Subheading · Section IV

1702.90: Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose

1702.90
  • 12%UK
  • 12.8%EU
  • 35%–150%Türkiye
  • 5.1%–6%USA
  • US$3.7bnWorld trade in 2024

1702.90 is a six-digit subheading of heading 1702, other sugars, chapter 17.

In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 1702.90 covers 9 tariff lines and the duty is 12%. 7 lines have a specific or compound duty.

The EU Combined Nomenclature divides subheading 1702.90 into 8 tariff lines; the duty is 12.8%. 7 lines have a specific or compound duty.

In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, subheading 1702.90 covers 11 tariff lines and the statutory rate is between 35% and 150%.

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States divides subheading 1702.90 into 11 tariff lines; the duty is between 5.1% and 6% (average 5.8%). 7 lines have a specific or compound duty.

World trade in these goods reached US$3.7bn in 2024, up 5.7% on 2023.

Thailand was the largest exporter with 30% of the total, ahead of China.

China imported the most (US$1.2bn).

The United Kingdom ranked 17th among 155 exporters with US$41.2m; its largest buyer was Poland.

The United Kingdom imported US$109.1m, most of it from France.

Duty rates compared

UK 12% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · 7× specific or compound duty EU 12.8% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · 7× specific or compound duty Türkiye 35% – 150% Statutory rate (Law 474) 11 tariff lines · average 139.6% USA 5.1% – 6% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 5.8% · 7× specific or compound duty

The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.

UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 1702 90 00 00 Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50% by weight of fructose
  2. 1702 90 10 00 Chemically pure maltose 12%
  3. 1702 90 10 10 For feeding purpose 12%
  4. 1702 90 10 90 Other 12%
  5. 1702 90 30 00 Isoglucose 42.00 GBP / 100 kg/net mas
  6. 1702 90 50 00 Maltodextrine and maltodextrine syrup 16.00 GBP / 100 kg
  7. Caramel
  8. 1702 90 71 00 Containing 50% or more by weight of sucrose in the dry matter 0.30 GBP / 100 kg/net/%sacchar.
  9. Other
  10. 1702 90 75 00 In the form of powder, whether or not agglomerated 23.00 GBP / 100 kg
  11. 1702 90 79 00 Other 16.00 GBP / 100 kg
  12. 1702 90 80 00 Inulin syrup 0.30 GBP / 100 kg/net/%sacchar.
  13. 1702 90 95 00 Other 0.30 GBP / 100 kg/net/%sacchar.

EU Combined Nomenclature

EU lines →
  1. 1702 90 Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose:
  2. 1702 90 10 Chemically pure maltose 12.8%—
  3. 1702 90 30 Isoglucose 50,7 €/100 kg/net mas—
  4. 1702 90 50 Maltodextrine and maltodextrine syrup 20 €/100 kg/net—
  5. Caramel:
  6. 1702 90 71 Containing 50 % or more by weight of sucrose in the dry matter 0,4 €/100 kg/net—
  7. Other:
  8. 1702 90 75 In the form of powder, whether or not agglomerated 27,7 €/100 kg/net—
  9. 1702 90 79 Other 19,2 €/100 kg/net—
  10. 1702 90 80 Inulin syrup 0,4 €/100 kg/net—
  11. 1702 90 95 Other 0,4 €/100 kg/net—

Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule

Türkiye lines →

This line has no official text in this language; it is shown in the language of its tariff.

  1. 1702.90 Diğerleri (invert şeker ve kuru halde ağırlık itibariyle %50 fruktoz içeren diğer şeker ve şeker şurubu karışımları dahil):
  2. 1702.90.10.00.00 Kimyaca saf maltoz 35%
  3. 1702.90.30.00.00 İzoglikoz 150%
  4. Malto dekstrin ve malto dekstrin şurubu
  5. 1702.90.50.00.11 Diyet mamaları 150%
  6. 1702.90.50.00.19 Diğerleri 150%
  7. Karamel:
  8. 1702.90.71.00.00 Kuru halde ağırlık itibariyle % 50 veya daha fazla sakkaroz içerenler 150%
  9. Diğerleri:
  10. 1702.90.75.00.00 Toz halinde (aglomere edilmiş olsun olmasın) 150%
  11. 1702.90.79.00.00 Diğerleri 150%
  12. 1702.90.80.00.00 İnülin şurubu 150%
  13. Diğerleri
  14. Suni bal
  15. 1702.90.95.00.11 Diabetik olanlar 150%
  16. 1702.90.95.00.19 Diğerleri 150%
  17. 1702.90.95.00.90 Diğerleri 150%

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

USA lines →
  1. 1702.90 Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 percent by weight of fructose:
  2. Derived from sugar cane or sugar beets:
  3. Containing soluble non-sugar solids (excluding any foreign substances, including but not limited to molasses, that may have been added to or developed in the product) equal to 6 percent or less by weight of the total soluble solids:
  4. 1702.90.05.00 Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions 3.6606¢/kg of total sugarskg
  5. 1702.90.10.00 Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapterand entered pursuant to its provisions 3.6606¢/kg of total sugarskg
  6. 1702.90.20.00 Other 35.74¢/kgkg
  7. Other:
  8. 1702.90.35.00 Invert molasses 0.35¢/literliters, kg
  9. 1702.90.40.00 Other 0.35¢/literliters, kg
  10. Other:
  11. 1702.90.52.00 Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions 6%kg
  12. Other:
  13. Blended syrups described in additional U.S. note 4 to chapter 17:
  14. 1702.90.54.00 Described in additional U.S. note 9 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions 6%kg
  15. 1702.90.58.00 Other 33.9¢/kg of total sugars + 5.1%kg
  16. Articles containing over 65 percent by dry weight of sugar described in additional U.S. note 2 to chapter 17:
  17. 1702.90.64.00 Described in additional U.S. note 7 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions 6%kg
  18. 1702.90.68.00 Other 33.9¢/kg + 5.1%kg
  19. 1702.90.90 Other 5.1%
  20. 1702.90.90.20 Certified organic kg
  21. 1702.90.90.50 Other kg

Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).

World trade in 2024

1702.90 · US$3.7bn

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$193.2kUS$193.2k+US$6.7m+US$46m+> US$189m

Exports: 155
  1. Thailand: US$1.1bn
  2. China: US$515.4m
  3. France: US$367.5m
  4. Netherlands: US$198.2m
  5. Belgium: US$189m
  6. United States: US$152.3m
  7. Vietnam: US$105.3m
  8. Germany: US$98m
  9. Malaysia: US$75.7m
  10. Indonesia: US$74.1m
  11. Austria: US$72.9m
  12. India: US$60.7m
  13. Spain: US$52.2m
  14. Slovakia: US$50.5m
  15. Eswatini: US$46m
  16. Italy: US$44.1m
  17. United Kingdom: US$41.2m
  18. South Korea: US$32.5m
  19. Poland: US$25.1m
  20. Romania: US$25m
  21. Australia: US$24.3m
  22. Chile: US$23.4m
  23. Nicaragua: US$20.8m
  24. Denmark: US$19.9m
  25. Canada: US$18.4m
  26. Mexico: US$18.1m
  27. Japan: US$17.3m
  28. Czechia: US$15.5m
  29. Sweden: US$14.4m
  30. Argentina: US$14m
  31. Türkiye: US$13.3m
  32. Taiwan: US$13.1m
  33. Singapore: US$11.6m
  34. Colombia: US$11.3m
  35. Brazil: US$10.3m
  36. Myanmar (Burma): US$9m
  37. Ireland: US$6.9m
  38. Tunisia: US$6.7m
  39. Ukraine: US$6.5m
  40. South Africa: US$6.5m
  41. Russia: US$6.2m
  42. Bulgaria: US$5.6m
  43. United Arab Emirates: US$5.6m
  44. Switzerland: US$5.1m
  45. Hungary: US$4.7m
  46. Lithuania: US$4.7m
  47. Guatemala: US$4.2m
  48. Finland: US$3.5m
  49. Egypt: US$2.9m
  50. Sri Lanka: US$2.7m
  51. New Zealand: US$2.4m
  52. Israel: US$2.4m
  53. Saudi Arabia: US$2.3m
  54. Hong Kong SAR China: US$2.3m
  55. Pakistan: US$2.2m
  56. Peru: US$2m
  57. Portugal: US$1.6m
  58. Croatia: US$1.5m
  59. Philippines: US$1.4m
  60. Latvia: US$1.3m

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Thailand US$1.1bn 30%
2 China US$515.4m 14%
3 France US$367.5m 10%
4 Netherlands US$198.2m 5.4%
5 Belgium US$189m 5.1%
6 United States US$152.3m 4.1%
7 Vietnam US$105.3m 2.9%
8 Germany US$98m 2.7%
9 Malaysia US$75.7m 2.1%
10 Indonesia US$74.1m 2%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$1.2bn 33.4%
2 United States US$207.3m 5.6%
3 Germany US$165.8m 4.5%
4 Netherlands US$137.2m 3.7%
5 Indonesia US$124.5m 3.4%
6 France US$112.5m 3%
7 United Kingdom US$109.1m 3%
8 Ireland US$82.5m 2.2%
9 South Korea US$76.8m 2.1%
10 Philippines US$73.3m 2%

Legal notes

Additional notes

1. For the purposes of subheadings 17011210, 17011290, 17011310, 17011390, 17011410 and 17011490, ‘raw sugar’ means sugar, not flavoured or coloured or containing any other added substances, containing, in the dry state, less than 99,5 % by weight of sucrose determined by the polarimetric method.

2. The duty applicable to raw sugar of subheadings 17011210, 17011310 and 17011410 whose yield established according to part B(III) of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671) differs from 92 % is fixed in the following manner:

the relevant rate is multiplied by a correcting coefficient obtained by dividing the percentage yield established according to the above provisions by 92.

3. For the purposes of subheading 17019910, ‘white sugar’ means sugar, not flavoured or coloured or containing any other added substances, containing, in the dry state, 99,5 % or more by weight of sucrose, determined by the polarimetric method.

4. For products of subheadings 17022010, 17026095 and 17029071, the sugar content (sucrose, fructose, glucose and maltose, where the fructose and glucose are expressed in sucrose equivalent) is to be determined by applying the high performance liquid chromatography method (the “HPLC method”), using the following formula:

S + 0,95 x (F + G) + M

where:

“S” is the sucrose content determined by the HPLC method;

“F” is the fructose content determined by the HPLC method;

“G” is the glucose content determined by the HPLC method;

“M” is the maltose content determined by the HPLC method.

For products of subheadings 17026080, 17029080 and 17029095, the sucrose content, including other sugars expressed as sucrose, is to be determined by the refractometry method (expressed in degrees Brix in accordance with the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 974/2014). For products of subheadings 17026080 and 17029080, the conversion of the results into sucrose equivalent is to be obtained by multiplying the degrees Brix by the coefficient 0,95.

5. For the purposes of subheadings 17023010, 17024010, 17026010 and 17029030, the term ‘isoglucose’ means the product obtained from glucose or its polymers with a content by weight in the dry state of at least 10 % fructose.

For products of those subheadings, the sucrose content, including other sugars expressed as sucrose, is to be determined by the refractometry method (expressed in degrees Brix in accordance with the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 974/2014).

6. ‘Inulin syrup’ means:

  1. (a) for the purposes of subheading 17026080, the immediate product obtained by hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructoses, containing in the dry state more than 50 % fructose in free form or as sucrose;

  2. (b) for the purposes of subheading 17029080, the immediate product obtained by hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructoses, containing in the dry state at least 10 % but not more than 50 % of fructose in free form or as sucrose.

The quantity of ‘fructose in free form or as sucrose’ shall be determined using the formula F + 0,5 S/0,95 calculated on the dry matter, where “F” is the fructose content and “S” is the sucrose content, as determined by the High Performance Liquid Chromatography method.

7. When imported in the form of an assortment, goods of subheading 170490 are subject to an agricultural component (EA) fixed according to the average content in milkfats, milk proteins, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose and starch of the assortment as a whole.

8. Throughout the nomenclature, mixtures of sugar with small amounts of other substances are classified in Chapter 17, unless they have the character of a preparation classified elsewhere.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose?

Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose fall under HS subheading 1702.90, part of heading 1702, in section IV of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on other, including invert sugar and other sugar and… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 1702.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on other, including invert sugar and other sugar and… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 1702.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12.8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most other, including invert sugar and other sugar and…?

Thailand, with US$1.1bn in 2024 (30% of world exports).