4016.99: Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber: other, other

1. 4016 99 00 00 Other
2. For motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705
3. 4016 99 52 00 Rubber-to-metal bonded parts 2%
4. 4016 99 52 10 Hanger of the exhaust muffler consisting of: -a steel bracket with at least one mounting hole and -silent block, for use in the manufacture of goods of chapter 87​ 2%
5. 4016 99 52 90 Other 2%
6. 4016 99 57 00 Other 2%
7. 4016 99 57 10 Air intake hose for air supply to the combustion part of the engine comprising at least: - one flexible rubber hose, - one plastic hose, and - metal clips, - whether or not a resonator for use in the manufacture of goods of chapter 87 2%
8. 4016 99 57 40 Wiper rubber used in the manufacture of windshield wipers, -made of a mixture of natural rubber and chloroprene rubber -with a shore hardness of 60a 2%
9. 4016 99 57 90 Other 2%
10. Other
11. 4016 99 91 00 Rubber-to-metal bonded parts
12. 4016 99 91 10 For technical uses, for use in civil aircraft
13. 4016 99 91 90 Other 2%
14. 4016 99 97 00 Other
15. 4016 99 97 10 For technical uses, for use in civil aircraft
16. 4016 99 97 30 Tyre moulding bladder 2%
17. 4016 99 97 90 Other 2%

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£309.7m-5.7% · previous 12 months

Average import price£7.27 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	£54.1m	17.5%	-11.3%
Germany	£44.1m	14.2%	-2.3%
United States	£40m	12.9%	-1.3%
Poland	£37.7m	12.2%	-7%
France	£15.7m	5.1%	+11.1%
Türkiye	£14.8m	4.8%	+1.6%
India	£13.9m	4.5%	-3.8%
Italy	£11.2m	3.6%	+4.6%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 2.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Türkiye 2.5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines USA Free – 4.3% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 2.4% Canada Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 4.9% Mexico Free – 10% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 1.5% Brazil Free – 16% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 8% Argentina Free – 16% Third-country duty 31 tariff lines · average 15.5% Peru Free – 6% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 4.3% New Zealand Free – 10% Third-country duty 26 tariff lines · average 4% · 1× specific or compound duty Japan Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Taiwan 7.5% – 10% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 8.8% GCC 5% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia 2.5% – 5% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 3.8% Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$2bn	15.4%
2	Germany	US$2bn	13.2%
3	United States	US$1bn	8.6%
4	Poland	US$807m	5%
5	France	US$772m	4.8%
6	Japan	US$752m	4.7%
7	Türkiye	US$641m	4%
8	Italy	US$636m	4%
9	Thailand	US$488m	3%
10	Spain	US$468m	2.9%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$2bn	12.9%
2	Germany	US$2bn	10.6%
3	Mexico	US$810m	5%
4	China	US$677m	4.2%
5	France	US$677m	4.2%
6	Spain	US$476m	3%
7	Poland	US$466m	2.9%
8	Italy	US$452m	2.8%
9	Japan	US$444m	2.8%
10	Canada	US$438m	2.7%

Import duty on this product around the world 164

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.

• 10%median duty
• 12number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Algeria, Ethiopia

164

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	10%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	30%		2023
Angola	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	20%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	9%	2% – 16%	2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	6.4%	0% – 10%	2023
Aruba	19%	12% – 22%	2021 · HS 2012
Australia	5%		2023
Azerbaijan	12%	0% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	20%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	7%	0% – 10%	2021 · HS 2017
Belize	20%		2023
Benin	10%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	10%	5% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2.9%	0% – 5%	2022
Botswana	5.8%	0% – 20%	2023
Brazil	9%	2% – 16%	2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	10%		2023
Burundi	10%		2023
Cambodia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	17%	10% – 30%	2023
Canada	4.3%	0% – 6.5%	2023
Cape Verde	15%	0% – 30%	2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	17%	10% – 30%	2023
Chad	17%	10% – 30%	2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	9%	8% – 10%	2023
Colombia	14%	5% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	17%	10% – 30%	2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	4.8%	0% – 9%	2023
Côte d’Ivoire	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	6%	0% – 20%	2023
Ecuador	2.1%	0% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	3.6%	0% – 5%	2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	5%	0% – 10%	2022
Equatorial Guinea	17%	10% – 30%	2023
Eswatini	5.8%	0% – 20%	2023
Ethiopia	30%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	2.5%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
Gabon	17%	10% – 30%	2023
Gambia	10%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	10%		2023
Gibraltar	12%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	20%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	10%		2023
Guinea	10%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	10%		2023
Guyana	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	7.5%	5% – 10%	2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	11%	10% – 20%	2023
Indonesia	12%	10% – 15%	2023
Iran	10%	5% – 26%	2020 · HS 2017
Israel	4.1%	0% – 10%	2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	20%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	5%	0% – 8%	2023
Kenya	10%		2023
Kiribati	30%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	7%	0% – 10%	2021 · HS 2017
Laos	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	5.8%	0% – 20%	2023
Liberia	10%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	6.6%*		2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malawi	25%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	12%	5% – 30%	2023
Maldives	20%		2023
Mali	10%		2023
Mauritania	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	5%	0% – 10%	2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	3.8%	1% – 6.5%	2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	25%	2.5% – 40%	2023
Mozambique	20%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	5.8%	0% – 20%	2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	3.6%	0% – 10%	2023
Nicaragua	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Niger	10%		2023
Nigeria	10%		2023
North Macedonia	4.4%	2.5% – 5%	2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	26%	0% – 35%	2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	4.1%	0% – 10%	2017 · HS 2017
Panama	9%	0% – 15%	2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	6%	2% – 10%	2023 · HS 2017
Peru	4.3%	0% – 6%	2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	5%	1% – 20%	2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	7%	0% – 10%	2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	10%		2023
Samoa	20%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	20%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	10%		2023
Seychelles	10%		2023
Sierra Leone	10%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	5.8%	0% – 20%	2023
South Korea	6.4%	0% – 8%	2023
Sri Lanka	6.7%	0% – 20%	2023
St Kitts & Nevis	25%		2023
St Lucia	20%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	3%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	20%		2023
Sudan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	20%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	4.7%*		2023
Syria	6.7%	5% – 10%	2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	5.6%	0% – 7%	2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	10%		2023
Thailand	11%	10% – 30%	2023
Togo	10%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	15%	10% – 20%	2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	5%	2.5% – 7.5%	2023
Tuvalu	15%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	10%		2023
Ukraine	5.7%	0% – 10%	2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	1.6%	0% – 2%	2023
United States	2.4%	0% – 4.3%	2023
Uruguay	13%	2% – 16%	2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	10%		2023
Venezuela	9%	2% – 16%	2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	9.4%	3% – 25%	2023
Wallis & Futuna	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	12%	0% – 15%	2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%	0.1% – 0.2%	2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · 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

62999 Articles of unhardened non-cellular vulcanized rubber, n.e.s.

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 211210

CPC 2.1 product

36270 Articles of vulcanized rubber n.e.c.; hard rubber; articles of hard rubber

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2219 Manufacture of other rubber products

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 79

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

3. Other 19 May 2026

   Update to VAT Z Coverage on Aircraft and Aircraft Parts – 19 May 2026

   Trade Tariff news 6334 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

4. Sanctions 23 April 2026 · Applies from: 10 May 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/513 of 23 April 2026 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine

   CELEX 32026R0513 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

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Products classified here

• rubber bands
• gnomes, rubber
• dog toy, rubber
• latex fishing bands
• Boot covers / overshoes - made of plastic or rubber, disposable (PPE)

Questions and answers

Typical products

• Boot covers / overshoes - made of plastic or rubber, disposable (PPE)
• dog toy, rubber
• gnomes, rubber
• latex fishing bands
• rubber bands

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.