Subheading · Chapter 74 · Heading 7410
7410.11: Copper foil: not backed, of refined copper
Refined copper foil, not backed
Official description Of refined copper
7410.11 is the HS subheading for refined copper foil, not backed, under heading 7410 in chapter 74.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 7410 11 00 00 Of refined copper Free
- 7410 11 00 50 Refined copper foil and strips, electrolytically manufactured, with a thickness of 0.015 mm or more but not more than 0.150 mm, used for the manufacture of laminates for printed circuit boards and of printed circuit boards in the printed circuit board industry Free
- 7410 11 00 90 Other 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 4
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Duty suspensionAutonomous tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- until 31 December 2028
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1435
- Documents
- 9Y12
- 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)
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Import requirements 2
- 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
- Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/855, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9064
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.7m | 23% | +137.1% | |
| £1.6m | 22.1% | +94.8% | |
| £1.3m | 17.7% | +1% | |
| £807k | 10.9% | +30% | |
| £751k | 10.2% | +14.1% | |
| £404k | 5.5% | +82.6% | |
| £221k | 3% | -14.4% | |
| £215k | 2.9% | +124.1% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$564kUS$564k+US$6m+US$147m+> US$484m
Exports: 83
- Taiwan: US$1bn
- Malaysia: US$540m
- China: US$484m
- Japan: US$447m
- South Korea: US$346m
- Indonesia: US$211m
- Hungary: US$173m
- Luxembourg: US$147m
- Philippines: US$102m
- Netherlands: US$74m
- Germany: US$62m
- United States: US$57m
- Italy: US$55m
- India: US$43m
- Türkiye: US$26m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$16m
- Bulgaria: US$15m
- Thailand: US$15m
- Poland: US$8m
- Mexico: US$6m
- Canada: US$6m
- Slovakia: US$6m
- Macao SAR China: US$5m
- France: US$5m
- Singapore: US$3m
- Spain: US$2m
- United Kingdom: US$2m
- Peru: US$2m
- Denmark: US$2m
- Belgium: US$1m
- Uzbekistan: US$1m
- Ireland: US$1m
- Vietnam: US$912k
- Switzerland: US$785k
- Romania: US$774k
- Russia: US$741k
- Austria: US$609k
- Egypt: US$570k
- Sweden: US$564k
- Brazil: US$543k
- Slovenia: US$539k
- Czechia: US$536k
- Serbia: US$475k
- Finland: US$468k
- Moldova: US$285k
- Israel: US$280k
- Kuwait: US$222k
- Croatia: US$209k
- Greece: US$116k
- Colombia: US$81k
- Pakistan: US$79k
- Australia: US$73k
- Portugal: US$70k
- Chile: US$62k
- South Africa: US$32k
- Kazakhstan: US$24k
- United Arab Emirates: US$20k
- Latvia: US$18k
- Estonia: US$17k
- Qatar: US$15k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$487kUS$487k+US$6m+US$52m+> US$195m
Imports: 145
- China: US$1bn
- United States: US$411m
- South Korea: US$375m
- Japan: US$231m
- Hungary: US$195m
- Taiwan: US$195m
- Thailand: US$186m
- Poland: US$139m
- Malaysia: US$98m
- Slovenia: US$68m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$67m
- Egypt: US$66m
- Philippines: US$59m
- Indonesia: US$56m
- Vietnam: US$52m
- Saudi Arabia: US$47m
- Sweden: US$41m
- Germany: US$39m
- Singapore: US$27m
- Canada: US$23m
- France: US$21m
- Mexico: US$19m
- Algeria: US$18m
- Italy: US$16m
- Pakistan: US$13m
- United Arab Emirates: US$12m
- Slovakia: US$11m
- Türkiye: US$10m
- Spain: US$9m
- United Kingdom: US$9m
- Belgium: US$8m
- Czechia: US$8m
- India: US$7m
- Austria: US$6m
- Romania: US$6m
- Macao SAR China: US$6m
- Netherlands: US$4m
- Switzerland: US$4m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Brazil: US$3m
- Australia: US$3m
- Oman: US$3m
- Ireland: US$3m
- Greece: US$2m
- Tunisia: US$2m
- Kazakhstan: US$2m
- Portugal: US$2m
- Bulgaria: US$2m
- Chile: US$2m
- Colombia: US$2m
- Croatia: US$2m
- Jordan: US$2m
- Moldova: US$2m
- Finland: US$2m
- Peru: US$1m
- Russia: US$1m
- Luxembourg: US$1m
- Argentina: US$1m
- Qatar: US$1m
- Ukraine: US$1m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$1bn | 27.7% | |
| 2 | US$540m | 13.6% | |
| 3 | US$484m | 12.2% | |
| 4 | US$447m | 11.2% | |
| 5 | US$346m | 8.7% | |
| 6 | US$211m | 5.3% | |
| 7 | US$173m | 4.4% | |
| 8 | US$147m | 3.7% | |
| 9 | US$102m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$74m | 1.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$1bn | 34.1% | |
| 2 | US$411m | 10.3% | |
| 3 | US$375m | 9.4% | |
| 4 | US$231m | 5.8% | |
| 5 | US$195m | 4.9% | |
| 6 | US$195m | 4.9% | |
| 7 | US$186m | 4.7% | |
| 8 | US$139m | 3.5% | |
| 9 | US$98m | 2.5% | |
| 10 | US$68m | 1.7% |
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
- 43number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Sudan
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 9% | 0% – 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 0% – 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5.2% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.2%* | 1.4% – 3.1% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 0% – 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 2.2%* | 1.3% – 3% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5.2% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 0% – 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 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
- 68261 Copper foil (whether/not printed/backed with paper, paperboard, plastics/similar backing materials), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not > 0.15 mm
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 311210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 41515 Foil, of copper, of a thickness not exceeding 0.15 mm
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2420 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7410.11 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 7410.11 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 7410.11 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 7410.11 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 7410.11 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 7410.11 | 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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CELEX 32026R1465 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
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CELEX 32026R0271 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 7410.11 into 2 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 7410.11 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 5.2%.
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 Free.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of refined copper foil, not backed into the UK came to £7.4m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 51% on the year before); China supplied 23%, followed by Netherlands.
In 2024, countries exported refined copper foil, not backed worth US$4bn (+3.4% year on year).
The largest exporter was Taiwan (US$1bn), followed by Malaysia.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for copper foil: not backed, of refined copper?
Copper foil: not backed, of refined copper fall under HS subheading 7410.11, part of heading 7410, in section XV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on copper foil: not backed, of refined copper in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 7410.11 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 copper foil: not backed, of refined copper in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 7410.11 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 5.2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most copper foil: not backed, of refined copper?
Taiwan, with US$1bn in 2024 (27.7% of world exports).
Which countries can export refined copper foil, not backed 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.
Is there anti-dumping duty on refined copper foil, not backed?
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 refined copper foil, not backed from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (23%), Netherlands (22%) and Luxembourg (18%), out of total imports of £7.4m.