Subheading · Chapter 40 · Heading 4006

4006.10: ‘Camel-back’ strips for retreading rubber tyres

4006.10 is a six-digit subheading of heading 4006, other forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (for…, chapter 40.

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Importing into UK

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin

Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure Import requirements: 1

VAT 20.00 % import VAT

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4006 10 00 00 'camel-back' strips for retreading rubber tyres 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

Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
Applies to goods from
all countries

Legal act
2020 No. 1431
Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)

Import requirements 1

Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
Applies to goods from
Ukraine

Legal act
S.I. 2022/395
Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or scheme	Countries	Rate
standard rate (no agreement)	—	Free
DCTS Comprehensive	Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more Afghanistan, 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")	Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden	Free
DCTS Enhanced	Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more Algeria, 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 more Antigua & 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 more Anguilla, 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, Malaysia	Free
UK–Andorra agreement	Andorra	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–Chile agreement	Chile	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–Iceland agreement	Iceland	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

last 12 months£3.9m+19.8% · previous 12 months

Average import price£2.04 per kg

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Brazil	£3.4m	88%	+21.2%
Austria	£381k	9.9%	+16%
Portugal	£54k	1.4%	+46.6%
China	£10k	0.3%	+5%
Germany	£5k	0.1%	+3.2%
Spain	£4k	0.1%	-9.7%
Netherlands	£3k	0.1%	—
United States	£2k	0.1%	—

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line

Türkiye Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines

USA 2.9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

4006.10 · US$62m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$70kUS$70k+US$464k+US$3m+> US$8m

Exports: 66

Italy: US$13m
Austria: US$8m
Germany: US$7m
United States: US$7m
Belgium: US$4m
Portugal: US$4m
Brazil: US$3m
Spain: US$3m
Japan: US$2m
India: US$2m
Malaysia: US$2m
China: US$1m
Türkiye: US$1m
South Africa: US$580k
Mexico: US$467k
Lithuania: US$464k
Hong Kong SAR China: US$450k
United Kingdom: US$387k
Netherlands: US$328k
Sri Lanka: US$281k
France: US$278k
Sweden: US$271k
Indonesia: US$263k
Estonia: US$216k
Slovenia: US$197k
Finland: US$189k
Canada: US$124k
Poland: US$90k
Czechia: US$76k
Latvia: US$74k
Nigeria: US$71k
Vietnam: US$71k
Saudi Arabia: US$61k
Hungary: US$60k
Peru: US$45k
Russia: US$40k
Luxembourg: US$30k
Singapore: US$23k
Thailand: US$13k
South Korea: US$12k
Denmark: US$11k
United Arab Emirates: US$6k
Israel: US$6k
Colombia: US$5k
Australia: US$5k
Armenia: US$4k
Kuwait: US$3k
Switzerland: US$2k
Iran: US$2k
Romania: US$2k
Chile: US$1k
Croatia: US$800
Greece: US$700
Bahrain: US$600
Bulgaria: US$400
Taiwan: US$400
Ireland: US$300
Slovakia: US$300
Kenya: US$200
Norway: US$200

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Italy	US$13m	20.3%
2	Austria	US$8m	13.6%
3	Germany	US$7m	12%
4	United States	US$7m	11.1%
5	Belgium	US$4m	5.9%
6	Portugal	US$4m	5.8%
7	Brazil	US$3m	5%
8	Spain	US$3m	4.3%
9	Japan	US$2m	4%
10	India	US$2m	3.3%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	France	US$8m	12.1%
2	Taiwan	US$6m	9.7%
3	Portugal	US$5m	8.7%
4	Lithuania	US$4m	6.8%
5	Sweden	US$4m	6%
6	Germany	US$4m	5.8%
7	Romania	US$3m	4.8%
8	Belgium	US$3m	4.4%
9	Poland	US$2m	2.8%
10	Czechia	US$1m	2.4%

Subheading 4006.10 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is duty-free.

The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 4006.10; the duty is duty-free.

Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 174 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 these goods worth £3.9m (up 20% on the year before), at an average of £2.04 per kg; Brazil supplied 88%, followed by Austria.

World trade in these goods reached US$62m in 2024, down 19.2% on 2023.

Italy was the largest exporter with 20.3% of the total, ahead of Austria.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for ‘Camel-back’ strips for retreading rubber tyres?

‘Camel-back’ strips for retreading rubber tyres fall under HS subheading 4006.10, part of heading 4006, in section VII of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on ‘Camel-back’ strips for retreading rubber tyres in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 4006.10 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 ‘Camel-back’ strips for retreading rubber tyres in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 4006.10 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 ‘Camel-back’ strips for retreading rubber tyres?

Italy, with US$13m in 2024 (20.3% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

174 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.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Brazil (88%), Austria (10%) and Portugal (1%), out of total imports of £3.9m.