Subheading · Chapter 72 · Heading 7214
7214.91: Of rectangular (other than square) cross-section
Subheading 7214.91 belongs to heading 7214 (other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel) in chapter 72.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 7214 91 00 00 Of rectangular (other than square) cross-section 50%
- 7214 91 10 00 Containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon 50%
- 7214 91 10 10 Concrete reinforcement bars and rods, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process; excluding high fatigue performance concrete reinforcement bars and rods, and excluding other long products, such as round bars 50%
- 7214 91 10 90 Other 50%
- 7214 91 90 00 Containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon 50%
- 7214 91 90 10 Concrete reinforcement bars and rods, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process; excluding high fatigue performance concrete reinforcement bars and rods, and excluding other long products, such as round bars 50%
- 7214 91 90 90 Other 50%
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 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota Free
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
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
- 9038
- 9063
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, S.I. 2019/411, 2020 No. 1665, S.I. 2019/855
- Documents
- Y966 Goods other than those described in the MG footnotes linked to the measure (Missile Technology Control Regime list - Annex III of Reg. (EU) 267/2012)
- Y959 Goods other than those described in Annex V (Coal, iron and iron ore) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
- Y920 Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 50% |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £16.5m | 57.4% | +14.4% | |
| £2.9m | 10.1% | -13.7% | |
| £2.9m | 10.1% | -11.6% | |
| £2.4m | 8.2% | +17.5% | |
| £1.9m | 6.7% | +34.3% | |
| £1.3m | 4.4% | — | |
| £463k | 1.6% | — | |
| £162k | 0.6% | +0.3% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$599kUS$599k+US$6m+US$46m+> US$122m
Exports: 97
- Italy: US$206m
- Spain: US$130m
- France: US$122m
- Poland: US$106m
- Türkiye: US$74m
- China: US$71m
- United Kingdom: US$64m
- United States: US$50m
- Denmark: US$46m
- Taiwan: US$42m
- Canada: US$35m
- Mexico: US$31m
- Germany: US$30m
- North Macedonia: US$26m
- Sweden: US$26m
- Japan: US$14m
- Czechia: US$13m
- India: US$10m
- Austria: US$9m
- Brazil: US$9m
- South Korea: US$7m
- Luxembourg: US$7m
- Greece: US$6m
- Belgium: US$6m
- Netherlands: US$5m
- Singapore: US$5m
- Guatemala: US$4m
- South Africa: US$4m
- Costa Rica: US$3m
- Slovenia: US$3m
- Lithuania: US$3m
- Russia: US$3m
- Peru: US$2m
- Australia: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Thailand: US$2m
- Argentina: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Finland: US$1m
- Portugal: US$1m
- Switzerland: US$1m
- Croatia: US$643k
- Algeria: US$639k
- Romania: US$614k
- Estonia: US$599k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$590k
- Ecuador: US$507k
- Slovakia: US$502k
- El Salvador: US$497k
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$448k
- Angola: US$400k
- Bulgaria: US$368k
- Norway: US$320k
- Ireland: US$315k
- Tunisia: US$260k
- Oman: US$239k
- Nigeria: US$206k
- Botswana: US$169k
- Dominican Republic: US$153k
- Serbia: US$133k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$385kUS$385k+US$4m+US$17m+> US$38m
Imports: 194
- Germany: US$230m
- United States: US$71m
- France: US$65m
- Netherlands: US$55m
- Czechia: US$46m
- Spain: US$38m
- United Kingdom: US$37m
- Malaysia: US$36m
- Mexico: US$36m
- Canada: US$35m
- Poland: US$33m
- Austria: US$29m
- Italy: US$28m
- Belgium: US$27m
- Australia: US$24m
- Sweden: US$20m
- Portugal: US$19m
- Slovakia: US$19m
- Switzerland: US$18m
- Hungary: US$17m
- Ireland: US$17m
- Denmark: US$16m
- Finland: US$15m
- Greece: US$15m
- Slovenia: US$13m
- Romania: US$13m
- Serbia: US$9m
- Colombia: US$9m
- Maldives: US$8m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$8m
- Singapore: US$8m
- Croatia: US$8m
- New Zealand: US$7m
- Dominican Republic: US$7m
- Ukraine: US$7m
- Morocco: US$7m
- Lithuania: US$7m
- Indonesia: US$7m
- Thailand: US$6m
- China: US$6m
- Guatemala: US$6m
- Estonia: US$6m
- Bulgaria: US$5m
- Norway: US$5m
- Bolivia: US$4m
- Paraguay: US$4m
- Peru: US$4m
- United Arab Emirates: US$4m
- Brunei: US$4m
- Tunisia: US$4m
- Algeria: US$3m
- Ghana: US$3m
- Argentina: US$3m
- El Salvador: US$3m
- Philippines: US$3m
- Taiwan: US$2m
- Luxembourg: US$2m
- Uruguay: US$2m
- Honduras: US$2m
- Latvia: US$2m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$206m | 17.2% | |
| 2 | US$130m | 10.9% | |
| 3 | US$122m | 10.2% | |
| 4 | US$106m | 8.9% | |
| 5 | US$74m | 6.2% | |
| 6 | US$71m | 6% | |
| 7 | US$64m | 5.4% | |
| 8 | US$50m | 4.2% | |
| 9 | US$46m | 3.8% | |
| 10 | US$42m | 3.5% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$230m | 19.3% | |
| 2 | US$71m | 6% | |
| 3 | US$65m | 5.4% | |
| 4 | US$55m | 4.6% | |
| 5 | US$46m | 3.9% | |
| 6 | US$38m | 3.2% | |
| 7 | US$37m | 3.1% | |
| 8 | US$36m | 3% | |
| 9 | US$36m | 3% | |
| 10 | US$35m | 2.9% |
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.
- 7.5%median duty
- 30number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Burundi, Kenya
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 10% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2021 · HS 2007 | |
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2022 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9.5% | 5% – 14% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2022 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 5% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 5% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 8.1% | 5% – 18% | 2023 | |
| 26% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 5% – 25% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 35%* | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5.4%* | 4.4% – 6.5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3.8% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 16% | 11% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 22% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2007 | |
| 3.9%* | 3.2% – 4.7% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 34%* | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 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
- 67629 Bars & rods of iron/non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn/hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling, of iron/other alloy & non-alloy steel, n.e.s.
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 511210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 41242 Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, but including those twisted after rolling
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2410 Manufacture of basic iron and steel
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7214.91 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 7214.91 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 7214.91 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 7214.91 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 7214.91 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 7214.40, 7214.50, 7214.60 | changed |
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).
7214 91 Bars and rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, of rectangular " other than square" cross-section (excl. containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process, bars and rods twisted after rolling and free-cutting steel)
| Country of production | Direct | Indirect | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | — | 3 | |
| 2.47 | — | 2.47 | |
| 2.92 | — | 2.92 | |
| 0.14 | — | 0.14 | |
| 2.34 | — | 2.34 | |
| 1.61 | — | 1.61 | |
| 1.33 | — | 1.33 | |
| 2.05 | — | 2.05 | |
| 3.17 | — | 3.17 | |
| 2.11 | — | 2.11 | |
| 4.27 | — | 4.27 | |
| 8.23 | — | 8.23 | |
| 1.94 | — | 1.94 | |
| 2.1 | — | 2.1 | |
| 5.18 | — | 5.18 | |
| 2.74 | — | 2.74 | |
| 0.47 | — | 0.47 | |
| 2.41 | — | 2.41 | |
| 1.53 | — | 1.53 | |
| 0.74 | — | 0.74 | |
| 3.21 | — | 3.21 | |
| 2.41 | — | 2.41 | |
| 4.03 | — | 4.03 | |
| 2.12 | — | 2.12 | |
| 2.3 | — | 2.3 | |
| 1.92 | — | 1.92 | |
| 2.31 | — | 2.31 | |
| 2.4 | — | 2.4 | |
| 2.31 | — | 2.31 | |
| 1.39 | — | 1.39 | |
| 3.21 | — | 3.21 | |
| 2.35 | — | 2.35 | |
| Other countries (default) | 4 | — | 4 |
with the mark-up for 2026: 4.396 · with the mark-up for 2027: 4.795 · with the mark-up for 2028: 5.195
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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EU Quota 058622 Volume Update – 23 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 9503 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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EU Quota 058622 Volume Update – 19 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 9338 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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Residual Quota 058624 Volume Update – 13 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 9173 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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Türkiye Quota 058623 Volume Update – 8 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 9044 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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Residual Quota 058624 Volume Update – 2 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 8910 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 367 commodity codes
Trade Tariff changes 2026-10-01 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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EU Quota 058622 Volume Update – 7 September 2026
Trade Tariff news 8281 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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EU Quota 058622 Volume Update – 3 August 2026
Trade Tariff news 7555 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 7214.91 into 4 tariff lines; the duty is 50%.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, subheading 7214.91 covers 2 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
1 country pays no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as the UK–Ukraine agreement, against a standard rate of 50%.
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 £28.7m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 14% on the year before); France supplied 57%, followed by Spain.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$1bn (−25.7% year on year).
The largest exporter was Italy (US$206m), followed by Spain.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for of rectangular (other than square) cross-section?
Of rectangular (other than square) cross-section fall under HS subheading 7214.91, part of heading 7214, in section XV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on of rectangular (other than square) cross-section in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 7214.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 50%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on of rectangular (other than square) cross-section in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 7214.91 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 of rectangular (other than square) cross-section?
Italy, with US$206m in 2024 (17.2% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
1 country pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under the UK–Ukraine agreement. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 50% 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 France (57%), Spain (10%) and Türkiye (10%), out of total imports of £28.7m.