Subheading · Chapter 71 · Heading 7111
7111.00: Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured
Subheading 7111.00 belongs to heading 7111 (base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum) in chapter 71.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 7111 00 00 00 Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured
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
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 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) | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £378k | 76.8% | — | |
| £71k | 14.4% | +524.9% | |
| £20k | 4.1% | +142% | |
| £16k | 3.3% | -27.1% | |
| £3k | 0.6% | — | |
| £2k | 0.4% | — | |
| £2k | 0.4% | -98.3% | |
| £0 | 0% | -100% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$82kUS$82k+US$3m+US$5m+> US$37m
Exports: 61
- South Korea: US$42m
- Malaysia: US$37m
- Japan: US$16m
- Singapore: US$12m
- Germany: US$9m
- Slovakia: US$5m
- China: US$4m
- France: US$4m
- Switzerland: US$4m
- Philippines: US$4m
- United Kingdom: US$3m
- South Africa: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$3m
- United States: US$3m
- Saudi Arabia: US$1m
- Italy: US$1m
- Austria: US$1m
- Netherlands: US$704k
- Türkiye: US$450k
- India: US$419k
- Spain: US$353k
- Greece: US$211k
- New Zealand: US$207k
- Sweden: US$182k
- Denmark: US$147k
- Belgium: US$142k
- Thailand: US$95k
- Czechia: US$82k
- Brazil: US$79k
- Costa Rica: US$68k
- Mexico: US$47k
- Portugal: US$40k
- Romania: US$35k
- Poland: US$31k
- Bahrain: US$23k
- Cyprus: US$20k
- Finland: US$14k
- Egypt: US$14k
- Australia: US$13k
- Norway: US$11k
- Vietnam: US$9k
- Ukraine: US$7k
- Bulgaria: US$5k
- Taiwan: US$5k
- United Arab Emirates: US$5k
- Israel: US$4k
- Ireland: US$2k
- Lithuania: US$1k
- Barbados: US$1k
- Iran: US$1k
- Nepal: US$800
- Tunisia: US$800
- Hungary: US$500
- Canada: US$300
- Angola: US$100
- Estonia: US$0
- Morocco: US$0
- French Polynesia: US$0
- Senegal: US$0
- Slovenia: US$0
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$45kUS$45k+US$603k+US$2m+> US$12m
Imports: 90
- Philippines: US$59m
- Japan: US$41m
- China: US$12m
- Germany: US$8m
- Singapore: US$6m
- United States: US$4m
- Costa Rica: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$3m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Thailand: US$2m
- Italy: US$2m
- Egypt: US$2m
- Portugal: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1m
- Switzerland: US$970k
- Netherlands: US$949k
- Austria: US$866k
- United Kingdom: US$819k
- Qatar: US$817k
- Malaysia: US$812k
- France: US$603k
- Mexico: US$569k
- Australia: US$493k
- Romania: US$445k
- Luxembourg: US$404k
- Czechia: US$357k
- India: US$302k
- Colombia: US$266k
- Greece: US$247k
- Ghana: US$197k
- Taiwan: US$188k
- Poland: US$159k
- Ireland: US$139k
- Israel: US$81k
- Morocco: US$77k
- Türkiye: US$75k
- Bahamas: US$59k
- Canada: US$55k
- Sweden: US$52k
- Saudi Arabia: US$50k
- Norway: US$47k
- Panama: US$45k
- Lithuania: US$44k
- Cyprus: US$41k
- Tanzania: US$36k
- Gibraltar: US$27k
- Albania: US$24k
- South Korea: US$19k
- Denmark: US$16k
- Hungary: US$15k
- Spain: US$14k
- Iceland: US$13k
- Mauritius: US$11k
- New Zealand: US$10k
- Kuwait: US$9k
- Vietnam: US$7k
- Croatia: US$6k
- Finland: US$5k
- Nicaragua: US$4k
- Bahrain: US$4k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$42m | 27.2% | |
| 2 | US$37m | 23.6% | |
| 3 | US$16m | 10.3% | |
| 4 | US$12m | 7.6% | |
| 5 | US$9m | 5.7% | |
| 6 | US$5m | 3% | |
| 7 | US$4m | 2.8% | |
| 8 | US$4m | 2.8% | |
| 9 | US$4m | 2.4% | |
| 10 | US$4m | 2.4% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$59m | 37.7% | |
| 2 | US$41m | 26% | |
| 3 | US$12m | 7.7% | |
| 4 | US$8m | 5.1% | |
| 5 | US$6m | 3.6% | |
| 6 | US$4m | 2.5% | |
| 7 | US$3m | 2.2% | |
| 8 | US$3m | 1.7% | |
| 9 | US$2m | 1.4% | |
| 10 | US$2m | 1.2% |
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.
- 7%median duty
- 39number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 50%highest: Angola, Kiribati, Bahamas
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 18% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 18% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0.5%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 10% – 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 7.5% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 7.3%* | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 33% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 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
- 68122 Base metals, silver/gold, clad with platinum/other metals of the platinum group, not further worked than semi-manufactured.
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 411210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 41350 Base metals clad with silver, and base metals, silver or gold clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2420 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7111.00 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 7111.00 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 7111.00 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 7111.00 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 7111.00 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 7111.00 | 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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Trade Tariff news 5806 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
Subheading 7111.00 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides subheading 7111.00 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £491.8k between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 84% on the year before); United Arab Emirates supplied 77%, followed by China.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$156m (−91.4% year on year).
The largest exporter was South Korea (US$42m), followed by Malaysia.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured?
Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured fall under HS subheading 7111.00, part of heading 7111, in section XIV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 7111.00 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 base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum in Türkiye?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 7111.00 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 base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum?
South Korea, with US$42m in 2024 (27.2% of world exports).
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were United Arab Emirates (77%), China (14%) and United States (4%), out of total imports of £491.8k.