Subheading · Chapter 19 · Heading 1901
1901.20: Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905
Mixes and doughs for bakery products
1901.20 is the HS subheading for mixes and doughs for bakery products, under heading 1901 in chapter 19.
What you pay
Importing into UK from Barbados
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 1901 20 00 00 Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905 Free
6%
Additional duties and import rulesBarbados
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 2
- Import controlVeterinary control
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Ceuta & Melilla, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard & McDonald Islands, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao SAR China, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, QP, QQ, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Barthélemy, St Helena, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Outlying Islands, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/782
- Documents
- C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
- N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Y930 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
- 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)
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 France | £193.9m | 49.8% | -0.2% |
 Belgium | £51.5m | 13.2% | -6% |
 Germany | £45.1m | 11.6% | -25.7% |
 Greece | £21.7m | 5.6% | +9.5% |
 Netherlands | £16.5m | 4.2% | -28.5% |
 Ireland | £11.1m | 2.9% | +9.2% |
 Italy | £7.4m | 1.9% | +18.3% |
 Denmark | £6.7m | 1.7% | +0.4% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU
TürkiyeWorld trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$674.7kUS$674.7k+US$16.3m+US$67.3m+> US$350.3m
Exports: 153
- France: US$1.2bn
- United States: US$641.8m
- Germany: US$639.4m
- Belgium: US$403.3m
- Canada: US$350.3m
- Austria: US$332.2m
- Netherlands: US$238.1m
- Greece: US$164.8m
- United Kingdom: US$154.9m
- Italy: US$120.6m
- Poland: US$117.5m
- Hungary: US$108.7m
- Denmark: US$101.5m
- Spain: US$91.5m
- China: US$67.3m
- Switzerland: US$65.1m
- South Korea: US$56.6m
- Singapore: US$54.3m
- Czechia: US$53.4m
- United Arab Emirates: US$43.9m
- Portugal: US$40.5m
- Malaysia: US$39.1m
- Thailand: US$36.9m
- New Zealand: US$33.3m
- Australia: US$31.8m
- Türkiye: US$30.4m
- Sweden: US$30.3m
- Lithuania: US$28.7m
- Indonesia: US$28.6m
- Brazil: US$27.1m
- India: US$26.7m
- Estonia: US$25.3m
- Romania: US$24.2m
- South Africa: US$20.9m
- Argentina: US$18m
- Vietnam: US$17.9m
- Saudi Arabia: US$17.2m
- Mexico: US$16.3m
- Serbia: US$16.3m
- Taiwan: US$16m
- Croatia: US$15.9m
- Ireland: US$14.8m
- Bulgaria: US$14.8m
- Japan: US$14.5m
- Guatemala: US$13.6m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$12.9m
- Pakistan: US$12.5m
- Costa Rica: US$10.9m
- Finland: US$9.7m
- Slovakia: US$8.8m
- Uruguay: US$7.6m
- Peru: US$7.5m
- Bangladesh: US$7.2m
- Latvia: US$7m
- Dominican Republic: US$6.8m
- Jordan: US$6.4m
- Luxembourg: US$5.9m
- Malta: US$4.9m
- Colombia: US$4.8m
- Philippines: US$4.2m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2.1mUS$2.1m+US$13.6m+US$62.3m+> US$282.3m
Imports: 218
- Germany: US$623m
- United States: US$483.3m
- United Kingdom: US$481.7m
- Italy: US$295.9m
- Canada: US$294.6m
- Belgium: US$287.7m
- Netherlands: US$282.3m
- France: US$200.6m
- Mexico: US$189.2m
- Poland: US$180.7m
- Austria: US$165.3m
- Spain: US$158.8m
- Japan: US$140.6m
- Sweden: US$105.8m
- Saudi Arabia: US$93.8m
- South Korea: US$82.1m
- Ireland: US$79.6m
- Switzerland: US$75.6m
- Czechia: US$71.8m
- Australia: US$64.7m
- Romania: US$63.7m
- Hungary: US$62.3m
- Norway: US$57.7m
- China: US$57.3m
- Croatia: US$57.2m
- Finland: US$51.9m
- United Arab Emirates: US$51.3m
- Slovakia: US$47.3m
- Denmark: US$47.3m
- Portugal: US$42.7m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$38.1m
- Greece: US$34.8m
- Malaysia: US$30.4m
- Singapore: US$26.7m
- Serbia: US$24.8m
- Bulgaria: US$23.7m
- Taiwan: US$23.3m
- Guatemala: US$23.1m
- Luxembourg: US$22.9m
- Honduras: US$20.8m
- Kuwait: US$20.8m
- New Zealand: US$19.6m
- Slovenia: US$19.3m
- El Salvador: US$17.9m
- Indonesia: US$17.6m
- Thailand: US$17.4m
- Latvia: US$17.4m
- Lithuania: US$16.2m
- Qatar: US$16.2m
- Panama: US$15.8m
- Philippines: US$15.7m
- Russia: US$15.3m
- Estonia: US$14.4m
- South Africa: US$14.4m
- Venezuela: US$13.6m
- Dominican Republic: US$13.2m
- Cyprus: US$12.7m
- Ukraine: US$11.9m
- Costa Rica: US$11.7m
- Israel: US$11.3m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | US$1.2bn | 21% |
| 2 |  United States | US$641.8m | 11.1% |
| 3 | Germany | US$639.4m | 11.1% |
| 4 | Belgium | US$403.3m | 7% |
| 5 |  Canada | US$350.3m | 6.1% |
| 6 |  Austria | US$332.2m | 5.8% |
| 7 | Netherlands | US$238.1m | 4.1% |
| 8 | Greece | US$164.8m | 2.9% |
| 9 | United Kingdom | US$154.9m | 2.7% |
| 10 | Italy | US$120.6m | 2.1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | US$623m | 10.8% |
| 2 | United States | US$483.3m | 8.4% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | US$481.7m | 8.4% |
| 4 | Italy | US$295.9m | 5.1% |
| 5 | Canada | US$294.6m | 5.1% |
| 6 | Belgium | US$287.7m | 5% |
| 7 | Netherlands | US$282.3m | 4.9% |
| 8 | France | US$200.6m | 3.5% |
| 9 |  Mexico | US$189.2m | 3.3% |
| 10 |  Poland | US$180.7m | 3.1% |
Binding rulings for similar goods 27
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.
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- N315418 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Corn Muffin Mix from Turkey
- N304808 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification, country of origin, marking and status under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of Chocolate Cake Mix from Canada, Article 509
- N304268 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Frozen Raw Dough from Canada
- N303202 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Baking Mixes from Luxembourg
- 600015343 HMRC
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- 600015019 HMRC
Chocolate mousse mix used in industrial bakery to decorate or fill cakes This is a powder which is packed of into 12.5 kg bags. Ingredients: Sugar Fat reduced cocoa powder Dried glucose syrup Stabilisers Potato starch Non hydrogenated coconut oil Cream milk powder Vegetarian whey powder…
- 600014636 HMRC
A chocolate cake powder mix intended for use in in-store bakeries. The mix contains wheat flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and raising agents. The ingredients are poured into the mixing vessel, blended, and packed into a food-grade polyethene bag. To prepare a chocolate cake, simply combine the powder…
- 600011170 HMRC
Product is a dry mix used to make Dosas, a traditional Indian breakfast dish. To use, the mix is mixed with sour curd and water (not included) to form a batter and fried. The dry mix is made from rice flour, black gram flour, refined wheat flour, edible vegetable oil - interesterified (palm oil,…
- 600011171 HMRC
Product is a dry mix used to make Rava Dosas, a traditional Indian breakfast dish. To use, the mix is mixed with sour curd and water (not included) to form a batter and fried. The dry mix is made from semolina, rice flour, refined wheat flour, edible vegetable oil - interesterified (palm oil, palm…
- 600011172 HMRC
Product is a dry mix used to make rice Idli, a traditional Indian breakfast dish. To use, the mix is mixed with sour curd and water (not included) and steamed . The dry mix is made from rice flour, black gram dal flour, edible vegetable oil - interesterified (palm oil, palm kernel oil), salt,…
27 rulings in total for this code
Subheading 1901.20 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 6%.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature the line under subheading 1901.20 carries a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
Goods from 173 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 6%; 173 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 mixes and doughs for bakery products worth £389.6m (down 6% on the year before), at an average of £2.64 per kg; France supplied 50%, followed by Belgium.
World trade in mixes and doughs for bakery products reached US$5.8bn in 2024, up 7.6% on 2023.
France was the largest exporter with 21% of the total, ahead of the United States.
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Questions and answers
What is the HS code for mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905?
Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905 fall under HS subheading 1901.20, part of heading 1901, in section IV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers'… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 1901.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers'… in the EU?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 1901.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 7.6%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers'…?
France, with US$1.2bn in 2024 (21% of world exports).
Which countries can export mixes and doughs for bakery products to the UK duty-free?
173 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 6% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import mixes and doughs for bakery products from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were France (50%), Belgium (13%) and Germany (12%), out of total imports of £389.6m.