Subheading · Chapter 20 · Heading 2001
2001.10: Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: cucumbers and gherkins
Official description Cucumbers and gherkins
Subheading 2001.10 belongs to heading 2001 (vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved…) in chapter 20.
What you pay
Importing into UK from Barbados
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 2001 10 00 00 Cucumbers and gherkins 16%kg/net eda
- Cucumbers 16%kg/net eda
- 2001 10 00 11 Not containing added sugar Free
16% - 2001 10 00 19 Other Free
16% - 2001 10 00 90 Gherkins Free
16%
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))
- Y058 Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Türkiye | £15.9m | 28.5% | -0.6% |
 India | £10.7m | 19.2% | +18.7% |
 Netherlands | £8.5m | 15.3% | +9.7% |
 Germany | £7.8m | 14% | +15.5% |
 Poland | £7.4m | 13.2% | +16.1% |
 Egypt | £725k | 1.3% | +37.5% |
 United States | £601k | 1.1% | +77.5% |
 Greece | £532k | 1% | +19.7% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EUWorld trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$232kUS$232k+US$3m+US$11m+> US$103m
Exports: 123
- India: US$208m
- Germany: US$203m
- Türkiye: US$176m
- United States: US$103m
- Netherlands: US$46m
- Poland: US$41m
- Vietnam: US$23m
- Hungary: US$14m
- Spain: US$14m
- France: US$13m
- Egypt: US$11m
- Canada: US$11m
- Serbia: US$10m
- North Macedonia: US$9m
- Mexico: US$8m
- Sri Lanka: US$8m
- Lebanon: US$7m
- Italy: US$7m
- Russia: US$7m
- Sweden: US$5m
- Israel: US$5m
- Czechia: US$5m
- Belgium: US$5m
- Lithuania: US$4m
- Syria: US$4m
- Croatia: US$4m
- Austria: US$4m
- China: US$3m
- Uzbekistan: US$3m
- Jordan: US$3m
- Slovakia: US$2m
- Iran: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Estonia: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$2m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$2m
- Denmark: US$1m
- Bulgaria: US$1m
- United Kingdom: US$1m
- Brazil: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- Latvia: US$912k
- Moldova: US$755k
- South Africa: US$696k
- Finland: US$683k
- Taiwan: US$586k
- Australia: US$574k
- Ecuador: US$547k
- Madagascar: US$515k
- Azerbaijan: US$462k
- South Korea: US$446k
- Guatemala: US$358k
- Morocco: US$346k
- Slovenia: US$283k
- Singapore: US$276k
- Armenia: US$273k
- Malta: US$269k
- Ireland: US$232k
- Albania: US$230k
- New Zealand: US$215k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$191kUS$191k+US$2m+US$11m+> US$27m
Imports: 208
- United States: US$105m
- Germany: US$101m
- Canada: US$96m
- France: US$72m
- Netherlands: US$68m
- United Kingdom: US$58m
- Belgium: US$27m
- Spain: US$24m
- Czechia: US$23m
- Russia: US$23m
- Australia: US$23m
- Romania: US$23m
- Poland: US$22m
- Austria: US$18m
- China: US$17m
- Switzerland: US$17m
- Denmark: US$13m
- Italy: US$13m
- Sweden: US$12m
- Finland: US$11m
- South Korea: US$11m
- Lithuania: US$11m
- Slovakia: US$10m
- Saudi Arabia: US$10m
- Hungary: US$10m
- Latvia: US$9m
- Bulgaria: US$9m
- Japan: US$8m
- Kazakhstan: US$8m
- Serbia: US$7m
- Mexico: US$7m
- New Zealand: US$6m
- Ireland: US$5m
- Slovenia: US$5m
- Brazil: US$5m
- Chile: US$4m
- Estonia: US$4m
- Georgia: US$4m
- Portugal: US$4m
- Mongolia: US$4m
- Iraq: US$4m
- Croatia: US$4m
- Israel: US$4m
- United Arab Emirates: US$4m
- Greece: US$3m
- Palestinian Territories: US$3m
- South Africa: US$3m
- Kuwait: US$3m
- Montenegro: US$2m
- Belarus: US$2m
- Costa Rica: US$2m
- Luxembourg: US$2m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$2m
- Colombia: US$2m
- Cyprus: US$1m
- Norway: US$1m
- El Salvador: US$1m
- Philippines: US$1m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | US$208m | 21% |
| 2 | Germany | US$203m | 20.5% |
| 3 | Türkiye | US$176m | 17.8% |
| 4 | United States | US$103m | 10.4% |
| 5 | Netherlands | US$46m | 4.6% |
| 6 | Poland | US$41m | 4.1% |
| 7 |  Vietnam | US$23m | 2.4% |
| 8 |  Hungary | US$14m | 1.5% |
| 9 |  Spain | US$14m | 1.4% |
| 10 |  France | US$13m | 1.3% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$105m | 10.6% |
| 2 | Germany | US$101m | 10.3% |
| 3 |  Canada | US$96m | 9.7% |
| 4 | France | US$72m | 7.3% |
| 5 | Netherlands | US$68m | 6.9% |
| 6 | United Kingdom | US$58m | 5.9% |
| 7 |  Belgium | US$27m | 2.7% |
| 8 | Spain | US$24m | 2.5% |
| 9 |  Czechia | US$23m | 2.4% |
| 10 |  Russia | US$23m | 2.3% |
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.
- 600015966 HMRC
Crispy Sliced Gherkins with Pickle Flavour Breadcrumbs Cooked and frozen Packaging: in plastic Bags/outer box
- 600010611 HMRC
Sweet pepper relish. The sample received is 180g, it is in a glass jar with a screw on metal lid. The relish has a thick consistency, with chunks of pepper and cucumber throughout. Ingredients include: Cucumbers, Peppers (Red & Green), Raw Cane Sugar, Malt Vinegar [Barley], Onions, Chillies, Sea…
The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 2001.10 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is 16%.
Subheading 2001.10 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 17.6%.
167 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of 16%.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £55.6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 10% on the year before); Türkiye supplied 29%, followed by India.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$989m (+8.4% year on year).
The largest exporter was India (US$208m), followed by Germany.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: cucumbers and gherkins?
Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: cucumbers and gherkins fall under HS subheading 2001.10, part of heading 2001, in section IV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 2001.10 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 16%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 2001.10 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 17.6%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of…?
India, with US$208m in 2024 (21% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
167 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 16% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Türkiye (29%), India (19%) and Netherlands (15%), out of total imports of £55.6m.