Subheading · Chapter 69 · Heading 6904
6904.90: Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler: other
Official description Other
Subheading 6904.90 belongs to heading 6904 (ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like) in chapter 69.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 6904 90 00 00 Other 2%
- 6904 90 00 00 Other 2%
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 2
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/707, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control - Waste
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/590
- Documents
- C672 Information document accompanying shipments of waste as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 18 and Annex VII
- C669 Notification document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 - Article 5 and Annex IA
- Y923 Product not subjected to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157
- C670 Movement document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 5 and Annex IB
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 2% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £4.3m | 51.9% | +106.3% | |
| £834k | 10% | -35% | |
| £636k | 7.6% | -36.8% | |
| £620k | 7.4% | +18.4% | |
| £555k | 6.7% | -58.8% | |
| £392k | 4.7% | +153.9% | |
| £351k | 4.2% | +208.9% | |
| £142k | 1.7% | +52.8% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$134kUS$134k+US$904k+US$4m+> US$11m
Exports: 119
- China: US$444m
- Germany: US$32m
- Mozambique: US$19m
- Spain: US$11m
- Belgium: US$11m
- Italy: US$8m
- South Africa: US$8m
- Saudi Arabia: US$7m
- United States: US$6m
- Poland: US$6m
- Latvia: US$5m
- France: US$4m
- United Kingdom: US$4m
- Netherlands: US$3m
- Malaysia: US$3m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Portugal: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Serbia: US$2m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Slovenia: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Austria: US$2m
- India: US$2m
- Czechia: US$1m
- Finland: US$1m
- Thailand: US$1m
- Iran: US$932k
- Greece: US$904k
- Indonesia: US$900k
- Vietnam: US$821k
- United Arab Emirates: US$636k
- Croatia: US$609k
- Albania: US$589k
- Estonia: US$567k
- Pakistan: US$523k
- Senegal: US$508k
- Slovakia: US$455k
- Japan: US$443k
- Australia: US$436k
- Dominican Republic: US$433k
- Singapore: US$424k
- Lithuania: US$333k
- Switzerland: US$323k
- Egypt: US$271k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$267k
- South Korea: US$246k
- Canada: US$232k
- Zimbabwe: US$231k
- Russia: US$207k
- Sweden: US$205k
- Mexico: US$199k
- Kenya: US$180k
- Uganda: US$165k
- Guatemala: US$160k
- Tunisia: US$140k
- Ecuador: US$134k
- Taiwan: US$123k
- New Zealand: US$119k
- Zambia: US$116k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$689kUS$689k+US$2m+US$7m+> US$21m
Imports: 213
- Ghana: US$48m
- Togo: US$39m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$34m
- Guinea: US$29m
- Congo - Brazzaville: US$27m
- Djibouti: US$22m
- Cameroon: US$21m
- South Africa: US$18m
- Gabon: US$16m
- Congo - Kinshasa: US$15m
- United Arab Emirates: US$15m
- Vietnam: US$14m
- Netherlands: US$12m
- Nigeria: US$10m
- Japan: US$10m
- Lithuania: US$9m
- Singapore: US$9m
- United States: US$9m
- Cambodia: US$8m
- Poland: US$8m
- Russia: US$7m
- Sierra Leone: US$7m
- United Kingdom: US$7m
- Portugal: US$6m
- Papua New Guinea: US$6m
- Macao SAR China: US$6m
- France: US$6m
- Germany: US$6m
- Bangladesh: US$6m
- Spain: US$6m
- Syria: US$6m
- Equatorial Guinea: US$6m
- Mongolia: US$5m
- Gambia: US$5m
- Denmark: US$4m
- Liberia: US$4m
- Romania: US$4m
- Morocco: US$3m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$3m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$3m
- Eswatini: US$3m
- Belgium: US$3m
- Timor-Leste: US$3m
- Jamaica: US$3m
- Oman: US$3m
- Mozambique: US$3m
- India: US$3m
- Canada: US$3m
- Comoros: US$2m
- Mauritania: US$2m
- Australia: US$2m
- North Korea: US$2m
- Belarus: US$2m
- Austria: US$2m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Botswana: US$2m
- Laos: US$2m
- Mexico: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Norway: US$2m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$444m | 73% | |
| 2 | US$32m | 5.3% | |
| 3 | US$19m | 3.2% | |
| 4 | US$11m | 1.8% | |
| 5 | US$11m | 1.8% | |
| 6 | US$8m | 1.4% | |
| 7 | US$8m | 1.3% | |
| 8 | US$7m | 1.1% | |
| 9 | US$6m | 1.1% | |
| 10 | US$6m | 1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$48m | 8% | |
| 2 | US$39m | 6.3% | |
| 3 | US$34m | 5.6% | |
| 4 | US$29m | 4.8% | |
| 5 | US$27m | 4.4% | |
| 6 | US$22m | 3.6% | |
| 7 | US$21m | 3.5% | |
| 8 | US$18m | 3% | |
| 9 | US$16m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$15m | 2.5% |
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.
- 15%median duty
- 23number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 50%highest: Angola, Morocco, Sudan
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5.5% | 3% – 8% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 32% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5.8% | 5.4% – 6% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0.6%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 1.4%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 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
- 66241 Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support/filler tiles & the like
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 311220
- CPC 2.1 product
- 37350 Non-refractory ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles, roofing tiles, chimney-pots, cowls, chimney liners, architectural ornaments and other ceramic construction goods
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2392 Manufacture of clay building materials
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6904.90 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 6904.90 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 6904.90 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 6904.90 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 6904.90 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 6904.90 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 6904.90; the duty is 2%.
Subheading 6904.90 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 2%.
174 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 2%.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £8.3m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 16% on the year before); Italy supplied 52%, followed by Türkiye.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$608m (−31.6% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$444m), followed by Germany.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler: other?
Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler: other fall under HS subheading 6904.90, part of heading 6904, in section XIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 6904.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 6904.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support…?
China, with US$444m in 2024 (73% 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 2% 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 Italy (52%), Türkiye (10%) and Pakistan (8%), out of total imports of £8.3m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.