7609.00: Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)

1. 7609 00 00 10 For use in certain types of aircraft 4%
2. 7609 00 00 30 Aluminium connecting block for automotive air conditioning systems: -with a t6 hardening, -equipped with round stubs with a circumferential outer groove, -with through or non-through holes, made of profiles with an upper radius of 8 mm or more but not more than 11 mm, and a lower radius of 12 mm or more but not more than 17 mm, -with a distance between holes of 15 mm or more but not more than 22 mm, -with sockets designed for brazing or clamping, -with mounting holes for m6 or m8 mounting screw, threaded or not, -with a width of 5 mm or more but not more than 16 mm, -for connecting a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, a chiller and other lines 4%
3. 7609 00 00 40 Flame brazed aluminium block for connecting tubes in automotive heat exchangers and/or turbocharged air coolers and/or automatic transmission coolers: -with extruded, bent connection tubes with an outer diameter of 5 mm or more, but not more than 25 mm, -with a weight of 0.02 kg or more, but not more than 0.25 kg, for use in the manufacture of cooling system in vehicles of chapter 87 4%
4. 7609 00 00 50 Machined aluminium components: -containing by weight 0.55%, or more but not more than 0.61% of magnesium, -containing by weight 0.55%, or more but not more than 0.61% of silicon, -with a hardening state of t5 or t6, -with a mass of 0.05 kg or more, but not more than 0.2 kg, for use in the manufacture of co₂ cooling systems in motor vehicles 4%
5. 7609 00 00 60 Aluminium connection block: -with a weight of 3 g or more but not more than 400 g, -manufactured from 6061-t6 or 6060-t6 or 6082-t6 aluminium grade, -being an integral part of an air conditioning hose assembly or oil cooling line hose assembly or air brake line hose assembly or water cooling line hose assembly, -with holes (sockets) or splines (pilots) or threads that allow installation in an automotive or other air conditioning system (also understood as installation in the line), -with sockets designed for brazing or fastening, -with at least 1 through-hole with a diameter of 3 mm or more but not more than 25 mm, for the manufacture of automotive cooling and air conditioning systems 4%
6. 7609 00 00 90 Other 4%

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£27.6m-5.5% · previous 12 months

Average import price£27.34 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Germany	£4.7m	16.9%	+4.5%
China	£4.2m	15.1%	+11.2%
United States	£4m	14.6%	+7.5%
Austria	£3.2m	11.5%	+2.2%
India	£3.1m	11.3%	+1.4%
Tunisia	£1.8m	6.5%	-31.4%
Türkiye	£1.7m	6.1%	-42.6%
France	£1.5m	5.5%	+2.5%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 5.9% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 5.9% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA 5.7% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$388m	30.8%
2	United States	US$204m	16.1%
3	Germany	US$104m	8.2%
4	Italy	US$59m	4.7%
5	France	US$40m	3.2%
6	South Korea	US$39m	3.1%
7	India	US$36m	2.9%
8	United Kingdom	US$35m	2.8%
9	Mexico	US$32m	2.5%
10	Türkiye	US$29m	2.3%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$173m	13.7%
2	Mexico	US$140m	11.1%
3	Germany	US$92m	7.3%
4	Canada	US$78m	6.2%
5	Czechia	US$54m	4.3%
6	France	US$53m	4.2%
7	Poland	US$44m	3.5%
8	United Kingdom	US$40m	3.2%
9	South Korea	US$34m	2.7%
10	Spain	US$31m	2.4%

Binding rulings for similar goods 7

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.

1. Tariff change 29 September 2026

   UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 1015 commodity codes

   Trade Tariff changes 2026-09-29 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

2. Countervailing duty 11 August 2026

   Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024

   FR Doc. 2026-16362 · 91 FR 51662 · Source: federalregister.gov

3. Other 19 May 2026

   Update to VAT Z Coverage on Aircraft and Aircraft Parts – 19 May 2026

   Trade Tariff news 6334 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

4. Sanctions 31 March 2026 · Applies from: 1 April 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/759 of 30 March 2026 amending Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010

   CELEX 32026R0759 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

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Products classified here

• flange, of aluminium

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• flange, of aluminium

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