Subheading · Chapter 72 · Heading 7201
7201.20: Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0,5 % of phosphorus
Subheading 7201.20 belongs to heading 7201 (pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms) in chapter 72.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 7201 20 00 00 Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0.5% of phosphorus Free
- 7201 20 00 00 Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0.5% of phosphorus Free
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. 376
- Documents
- 9008
Import requirements 3
- 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, Syria, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 748, S.I. 2019/855, S.I. 2019/792, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9024
- 9011
- 9022
- 9064
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, 2020 No. 1665, S.I. 2019/855
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 37 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, 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 | |
| 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 | Comoros, 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £18k | 100% | +978.2% | |
| £0 | 0% | -100% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$50kUS$50k+US$470k+US$2m+> US$6m
Exports: 41
- Ukraine: US$7m
- Germany: US$6m
- United Arab Emirates: US$4m
- India: US$2m
- Sweden: US$1m
- China: US$994k
- Slovenia: US$825k
- Taiwan: US$764k
- Italy: US$593k
- Netherlands: US$470k
- Austria: US$432k
- Israel: US$398k
- Bahrain: US$362k
- Türkiye: US$228k
- Belgium: US$190k
- Portugal: US$104k
- France: US$79k
- Lithuania: US$76k
- Spain: US$70k
- Hungary: US$50k
- Indonesia: US$22k
- Denmark: US$21k
- South Africa: US$21k
- United States: US$18k
- Vietnam: US$14k
- Greece: US$9k
- South Korea: US$7k
- Fiji: US$4k
- Oman: US$3k
- Singapore: US$2k
- Czechia: US$1k
- United Kingdom: US$1k
- Iceland: US$600
- Japan: US$600
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$500
- Chile: US$400
- Estonia: US$400
- Poland: US$300
- Switzerland: US$100
- Benin: US$0
- Canada: US$0
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$17kUS$17k+US$290k+US$2m+> US$7m
Imports: 53
- Saudi Arabia: US$7m
- United States: US$7m
- Bahrain: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$2m
- France: US$2m
- Austria: US$752k
- Norway: US$684k
- Indonesia: US$500k
- Netherlands: US$486k
- Italy: US$483k
- Argentina: US$438k
- Kuwait: US$362k
- Qatar: US$290k
- Belgium: US$215k
- Luxembourg: US$212k
- Greece: US$101k
- Germany: US$87k
- Latvia: US$76k
- Spain: US$62k
- United Kingdom: US$38k
- Mozambique: US$30k
- Algeria: US$26k
- Thailand: US$20k
- Taiwan: US$18k
- India: US$17k
- Ireland: US$14k
- Bangladesh: US$11k
- Bulgaria: US$10k
- Malaysia: US$8k
- Switzerland: US$5k
- Tuvalu: US$4k
- Finland: US$3k
- Costa Rica: US$3k
- Portugal: US$3k
- Slovakia: US$1k
- Lithuania: US$700
- Czechia: US$600
- Peru: US$400
- Cyprus: US$300
- Estonia: US$300
- Sweden: US$300
- Hungary: US$200
- South Korea: US$200
- Romania: US$200
- Angola: US$100
- Azerbaijan: US$100
- Croatia: US$100
- Malta: US$100
- Poland: US$100
- Slovenia: US$100
- Canada: US$0
- Denmark: US$0
- South Africa: US$0
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$7m | 26.3% | |
| 2 | US$6m | 24.6% | |
| 3 | US$4m | 14.5% | |
| 4 | US$2m | 7% | |
| 5 | US$1m | 4.8% | |
| 6 | US$994k | 3.9% | |
| 7 | US$825k | 3.3% | |
| 8 | US$764k | 3% | |
| 9 | US$593k | 2.3% | |
| 10 | US$470k | 1.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$7m | 28.4% | |
| 2 | US$7m | 26.3% | |
| 3 | US$2m | 9.5% | |
| 4 | US$2m | 9.3% | |
| 5 | US$2m | 6.9% | |
| 6 | US$752k | 3% | |
| 7 | US$684k | 2.7% | |
| 8 | US$500k | 2% | |
| 9 | US$486k | 1.9% | |
| 10 | US$483k | 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.
- 4%median duty
- 66number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 4% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0.6%* | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.2% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 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 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2.6% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 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
- 67122 n/a pig-iron containing by weight > 0.5% of phosphorus
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 511210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 41111 Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2410 Manufacture of basic iron and steel
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7201.20 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 7201.20 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 7201.20 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 7201.20 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 7201.20 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 7201.20 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
CBAM: carbon border adjustment
Goods of the CBAM sector iron and steel pay for the greenhouse gases emitted in their production when they are imported into the EU. Without verified actual emissions, the importer declares the default values below (tonnes of CO2 equivalent per tonne of goods).
7201 Pig iron and spiegeleisen, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms
| Country of production | Direct | Indirect | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.87 | — | 2.87 | |
| 2.3 | — | 2.3 | |
| 2.79 | — | 2.79 | |
| 2.16 | — | 2.16 | |
| 1.48 | — | 1.48 | |
| 1.11 | — | 1.11 | |
| 1.96 | — | 1.96 | |
| 1.66 | — | 1.66 | |
| 1.93 | — | 1.93 | |
| 2.53 | — | 2.53 | |
| 7.92 | — | 7.92 | |
| 1.86 | — | 1.86 | |
| 1.96 | — | 1.96 | |
| 4.96 | — | 4.96 | |
| 2.58 | — | 2.58 | |
| 2.31 | — | 2.31 | |
| 3.04 | — | 3.04 | |
| 2.16 | — | 2.16 | |
| 3.47 | — | 3.47 | |
| 1.54 | — | 1.54 | |
| 1.86 | — | 1.86 | |
| 1.85 | — | 1.85 | |
| 2.17 | — | 2.17 | |
| 2.17 | — | 2.17 | |
| 1.21 | — | 1.21 | |
| 2.19 | — | 2.19 | |
| Other countries (default) | 3.48 | — | 3.48 |
with the mark-up for 2026: 3.828 · with the mark-up for 2027: 4.176 · with the mark-up for 2028: 4.524
t CO2e per t of goods · definitive period since 1 January 2026; first annual declaration due 30 September 2027 · Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 as corrected by 2026/1740 (European Commission data, not legally binding)
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
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 7201.20; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 7201.20 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 2.2%.
156 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.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £18.4k between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 188% on the year before); Germany supplied 100%, followed by Netherlands.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$25m (+26.5% year on year).
The largest exporter was Ukraine (US$7m), followed by Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0,5 % of phosphorus?
Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0,5 % of phosphorus fall under HS subheading 7201.20, part of heading 7201, in section XV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 7201.20 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 non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 7201.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2.2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than…?
Ukraine, with US$7m in 2024 (26.3% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
156 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, CARIFORUM. 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.
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 Germany (100%) and Netherlands (0%), out of total imports of £18.4k.