Subheading · Chapter 71 · Heading 7108
7108.11: Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought: non-monetary, powder
Official description Powder
Subheading 7108.11 belongs to heading 7108 (gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured…) in chapter 71.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 7108 11 00 00 Powder Freeg
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 5
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2023 No. 616, 2022 No. 801, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import control
- Applies to goods from
- Iran
- Legal act
- 2023 No.1314
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 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)
- 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) | — | Free |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2.5m | 44.2% | +21.3% | |
| £937k | 16.8% | +263.7% | |
| £601k | 10.8% | +39.2% | |
| £460k | 8.3% | +6.3% | |
| £456k | 8.2% | +1,419.8% | |
| £340k | 6.1% | +302.7% | |
| £245k | 4.4% | -2.3% | |
| £37k | 0.7% | — |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$95kUS$95k+US$6m+US$57m+> US$182m
Exports: 56
- United Arab Emirates: US$194m
- Japan: US$182m
- Nigeria: US$146m
- Malaysia: US$99m
- Portugal: US$71m
- Malta: US$57m
- United States: US$46m
- Singapore: US$39m
- Thailand: US$33m
- France: US$24m
- Vietnam: US$14m
- Germany: US$11m
- Switzerland: US$10m
- Netherlands: US$6m
- Italy: US$4m
- United Kingdom: US$3m
- Hungary: US$3m
- Australia: US$2m
- Sweden: US$1m
- Canada: US$1m
- Estonia: US$707k
- Austria: US$504k
- New Zealand: US$240k
- South Korea: US$139k
- Belgium: US$138k
- Luxembourg: US$112k
- India: US$95k
- Philippines: US$95k
- Solomon Islands: US$88k
- China: US$78k
- Israel: US$61k
- Laos: US$56k
- Taiwan: US$49k
- Poland: US$44k
- Costa Rica: US$33k
- Denmark: US$27k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$27k
- Türkiye: US$19k
- South Africa: US$18k
- Spain: US$10k
- South Sudan: US$9k
- Barbados: US$4k
- Norway: US$4k
- Ireland: US$2k
- Slovenia: US$1k
- Brazil: US$1k
- Armenia: US$1k
- Greece: US$700
- Colombia: US$300
- Czechia: US$200
- Finland: US$200
- Latvia: US$100
- Peru: US$100
- Tunisia: US$100
- Kyrgyzstan: US$0
- Mexico: US$0
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$60kUS$60k+US$3m+US$58m+> US$135m
Imports: 79
- Canada: US$178m
- Switzerland: US$141m
- Japan: US$135m
- Malaysia: US$88m
- India: US$69m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$69m
- Italy: US$68m
- Türkiye: US$58m
- Singapore: US$40m
- Portugal: US$18m
- France: US$15m
- United States: US$11m
- Germany: US$10m
- Eswatini: US$9m
- Mexico: US$7m
- Belgium: US$6m
- United Kingdom: US$4m
- United Arab Emirates: US$4m
- China: US$3m
- Bangladesh: US$3m
- Romania: US$3m
- Austria: US$2m
- Bulgaria: US$2m
- Thailand: US$1m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- South Korea: US$902k
- Sweden: US$676k
- Spain: US$367k
- Australia: US$360k
- Denmark: US$243k
- Sri Lanka: US$158k
- Central African Republic: US$141k
- Netherlands: US$122k
- Norway: US$103k
- Brazil: US$85k
- Indonesia: US$68k
- Honduras: US$62k
- Czechia: US$60k
- Luxembourg: US$60k
- Iceland: US$55k
- Ireland: US$45k
- Latvia: US$44k
- Israel: US$31k
- Poland: US$29k
- Hungary: US$21k
- Saudi Arabia: US$19k
- Vietnam: US$15k
- Croatia: US$13k
- Egypt: US$12k
- Trinidad & Tobago: US$10k
- Slovenia: US$10k
- Zimbabwe: US$10k
- Estonia: US$9k
- Finland: US$7k
- Philippines: US$6k
- South Africa: US$6k
- Bermuda: US$5k
- Slovakia: US$5k
- Macao SAR China: US$4k
- New Zealand: US$4k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$194m | 20.4% | |
| 2 | US$182m | 19.2% | |
| 3 | US$146m | 15.4% | |
| 4 | US$99m | 10.5% | |
| 5 | US$71m | 7.5% | |
| 6 | US$57m | 6% | |
| 7 | US$46m | 4.9% | |
| 8 | US$39m | 4.1% | |
| 9 | US$33m | 3.4% | |
| 10 | US$24m | 2.6% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$178m | 18.8% | |
| 2 | US$141m | 14.9% | |
| 3 | US$135m | 14.3% | |
| 4 | US$88m | 9.3% | |
| 5 | US$69m | 7.3% | |
| 6 | US$69m | 7.2% | |
| 7 | US$68m | 7.1% | |
| 8 | US$58m | 6.1% | |
| 9 | US$40m | 4.3% | |
| 10 | US$18m | 1.9% |
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.
- 5%median duty
- 67number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 50%highest: Angola, Ethiopia, Cameroon
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 1.2%* | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12%* | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 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
- 97101 Gold (including gold plated with platinum), non-monetary, unwrought/in semi-manufactured forms,/in powder form
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 411210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 41320 Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2420 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7108.11 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 7108.11 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 7108.11 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 7108.11 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 7108.11 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 7108.11 | 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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UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 1015 commodity codes
Trade Tariff changes 2026-09-29 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov
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FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 7108.11; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 7108.11 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.
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 Free.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £5.6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 0% on the year before); Switzerland supplied 44%, followed by Germany.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$947m (−43.1% year on year).
The largest exporter was the United Arab Emirates (US$194m), followed by Japan.
Legal notes
Subheading notes
1. For the purposes of subheadings 710610, 710811, 711011, 711021, 711031 and 711041, the expressions ‘powder’ and ‘in powder form’ mean products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0,5 mm.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter note 4(B), for the purposes of subheadings 711011 and 711019, the expression ‘platinum’ does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium or ruthenium.
3. For the classification of alloys in the subheadings of heading 7110, each alloy is to be classified with that metal, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium which predominates by weight over each other of these metals.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought: non-monetary, powder?
Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought: non-monetary, powder fall under HS subheading 7108.11, part of heading 7108, in section XIV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on gold (including gold plated with platinum)… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 7108.11 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 gold (including gold plated with platinum)… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 7108.11 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 gold (including gold plated with platinum)…?
The United Arab Emirates, with US$194m in 2024 (20.4% 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 Switzerland (44%), Germany (17%) and United States (11%), out of total imports of £5.6m.