Subheading · Chapter 66 · Heading 6601
6601.91: Having a telescopic shaft
6601.91 is a six-digit subheading of heading 6601, umbrellas and sun umbrellas, chapter 66.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 6601 91 00 00 Having a telescopic shaft 4%p/st
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
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
Import requirements 2
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on luxury goods
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y945 Travellers' personal effects or goods of a non-commercial nature for travellers' personal use contained in their luggage (Art 10.2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y946 Goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in the DPRK or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff (Art 10.3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y948 Goods other than those described in Annex VIII (Luxury goods) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 4% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, 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") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, 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 moreAntigua & 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 moreAnguilla, 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
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £14.9m | 97.3% | -16.2% | |
| £109k | 0.7% | -13.8% | |
| £69k | 0.4% | -10.5% | |
| £60k | 0.4% | +52.2% | |
| £48k | 0.3% | -82.4% | |
| £32k | 0.2% | -71.6% | |
| £28k | 0.2% | +87.3% | |
| £16k | 0.1% | -3.7% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$51kUS$51k+US$667k+US$3m+> US$12m
Exports: 126
- China: US$906m
- Germany: US$25m
- Cambodia: US$20m
- Austria: US$12m
- Netherlands: US$9m
- Vietnam: US$8m
- Poland: US$7m
- Italy: US$6m
- Spain: US$5m
- France: US$5m
- Romania: US$3m
- United States: US$3m
- Czechia: US$3m
- India: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Slovenia: US$2m
- United Kingdom: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- Hungary: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- Japan: US$861k
- Denmark: US$827k
- Türkiye: US$761k
- Myanmar (Burma): US$758k
- Malaysia: US$667k
- Croatia: US$663k
- Sri Lanka: US$559k
- Chile: US$498k
- Portugal: US$481k
- Sweden: US$431k
- Switzerland: US$408k
- South Korea: US$314k
- Canada: US$307k
- Finland: US$295k
- Latvia: US$294k
- Ireland: US$220k
- Brazil: US$163k
- Singapore: US$162k
- Guatemala: US$150k
- Bulgaria: US$145k
- Russia: US$134k
- Mexico: US$128k
- Thailand: US$123k
- Lithuania: US$119k
- El Salvador: US$100k
- South Africa: US$99k
- Armenia: US$98k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$95k
- Estonia: US$86k
- Panama: US$80k
- Mauritius: US$64k
- Australia: US$61k
- Bangladesh: US$51k
- Serbia: US$49k
- Seychelles: US$44k
- New Zealand: US$43k
- Uganda: US$32k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$541kUS$541k+US$3m+US$14m+> US$27m
Imports: 202
- United States: US$161m
- Japan: US$133m
- South Korea: US$69m
- Germany: US$59m
- Vietnam: US$33m
- Netherlands: US$31m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$27m
- France: US$26m
- United Kingdom: US$26m
- Indonesia: US$22m
- Thailand: US$22m
- Mexico: US$21m
- Italy: US$20m
- Spain: US$19m
- Austria: US$19m
- Russia: US$18m
- Brazil: US$18m
- Taiwan: US$15m
- Czechia: US$15m
- Poland: US$15m
- Philippines: US$14m
- Türkiye: US$14m
- Kazakhstan: US$13m
- Switzerland: US$12m
- Canada: US$11m
- Kenya: US$9m
- Romania: US$8m
- Belgium: US$8m
- United Arab Emirates: US$8m
- Saudi Arabia: US$7m
- Australia: US$7m
- India: US$7m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$6m
- Hungary: US$5m
- Singapore: US$5m
- Nepal: US$4m
- Belarus: US$4m
- Tanzania: US$4m
- Ghana: US$4m
- Slovakia: US$4m
- Colombia: US$4m
- Sweden: US$4m
- Tajikistan: US$3m
- Malaysia: US$3m
- North Korea: US$3m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Portugal: US$3m
- Argentina: US$3m
- Ireland: US$3m
- Algeria: US$3m
- Norway: US$3m
- Djibouti: US$3m
- Ukraine: US$3m
- Nigeria: US$3m
- Cameroon: US$2m
- Panama: US$2m
- Costa Rica: US$2m
- Israel: US$2m
- Greece: US$2m
- Chile: US$2m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$906m | 87.1% | |
| 2 | US$25m | 2.4% | |
| 3 | US$20m | 2% | |
| 4 | US$12m | 1.1% | |
| 5 | US$9m | 0.9% | |
| 6 | US$8m | 0.8% | |
| 7 | US$7m | 0.7% | |
| 8 | US$6m | 0.6% | |
| 9 | US$5m | 0.5% | |
| 10 | US$5m | 0.4% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$161m | 15.5% | |
| 2 | US$133m | 12.8% | |
| 3 | US$69m | 6.6% | |
| 4 | US$59m | 5.7% | |
| 5 | US$33m | 3.1% | |
| 6 | US$31m | 3% | |
| 7 | US$27m | 2.6% | |
| 8 | US$26m | 2.5% | |
| 9 | US$26m | 2.5% | |
| 10 | US$22m | 2.1% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
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.
- 19%median duty
- 14number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 55%highest: Iran, Bahamas, Egypt
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4.7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 55% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 4.3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.9%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 10% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 12%* | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 19% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0.4% | 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
- 89941 Umbrellas & sun umbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas & similar umbrellas)
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 413202
- CPC 2.1 product
- 38921 Umbrellas, sun-umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and the like
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1512 Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness3290 Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6601.91 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 6601.91 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 6601.91 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 6601.91 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 6601.91 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 6601.91 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
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.
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Trade Tariff news 5806 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
Subheading 6601.91 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 4%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 6601.91; the duty is 4.7%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 4%; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £15.4m (down 18% on the year before), at an average of £7.28 per kg; China supplied 97%, followed by Cambodia.
World trade in these goods reached US$1bn in 2024, up 6.5% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 87.1% of the total, ahead of Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for having a telescopic shaft?
Having a telescopic shaft fall under HS subheading 6601.91, part of heading 6601, in section XII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on having a telescopic shaft in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 6601.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 4%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on having a telescopic shaft in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 6601.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 4.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most having a telescopic shaft?
China, with US$906m in 2024 (87.1% 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 4% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (97%), Cambodia (1%) and India (0%), out of total imports of £15.4m.