Subheading · Chapter 91 · Heading 9105
9105.21: Other clocks, wall clocks, electrically operated
Official description Electrically operated
Subheading 9105.21 belongs to heading 9105 (other clocks) in chapter 91.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9105 21 00 00 Electrically operated 4%p/st
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. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- 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)
Import requirements 3
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/707, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control - CITES
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2021 No. 54
- 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)
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 4% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £9.3m | 88.1% | -10.9% | |
| £320k | 3% | +17.4% | |
| £248k | 2.3% | +5.4% | |
| £138k | 1.3% | -12.7% | |
| £125k | 1.2% | +61.4% | |
| £99k | 0.9% | -19.2% | |
| £89k | 0.8% | -52.7% | |
| £83k | 0.8% | -0.5% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$34kUS$34k+US$395k+US$3m+> US$12m
Exports: 121
- China: US$349m
- Germany: US$19m
- France: US$15m
- Switzerland: US$12m
- Thailand: US$9m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$8m
- Canada: US$8m
- Netherlands: US$6m
- Poland: US$6m
- United States: US$5m
- Czechia: US$4m
- Taiwan: US$3m
- India: US$3m
- Sweden: US$2m
- Italy: US$2m
- United Kingdom: US$2m
- Spain: US$1m
- Türkiye: US$1m
- Denmark: US$1m
- Japan: US$1m
- Belgium: US$971k
- Vietnam: US$881k
- Russia: US$872k
- Slovakia: US$819k
- Malaysia: US$805k
- Hungary: US$688k
- Austria: US$654k
- Slovenia: US$396k
- South Korea: US$337k
- Romania: US$304k
- Mexico: US$242k
- Greece: US$235k
- Bulgaria: US$187k
- United Arab Emirates: US$184k
- Armenia: US$183k
- Finland: US$177k
- Latvia: US$154k
- Philippines: US$120k
- Lithuania: US$109k
- Croatia: US$108k
- Iran: US$95k
- Singapore: US$90k
- Guatemala: US$84k
- Estonia: US$78k
- El Salvador: US$75k
- South Africa: US$73k
- Norway: US$70k
- Kazakhstan: US$61k
- Bahrain: US$57k
- Australia: US$48k
- Ukraine: US$47k
- Portugal: US$41k
- Tunisia: US$40k
- Ireland: US$38k
- Saudi Arabia: US$37k
- Belarus: US$34k
- Brazil: US$34k
- Bangladesh: US$23k
- Indonesia: US$20k
- Pakistan: US$19k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$311kUS$311k+US$2m+US$6m+> US$12m
Imports: 209
- United States: US$70m
- Japan: US$41m
- Germany: US$35m
- France: US$21m
- Netherlands: US$19m
- United Kingdom: US$16m
- Poland: US$12m
- Italy: US$9m
- Switzerland: US$9m
- Saudi Arabia: US$8m
- United Arab Emirates: US$8m
- Spain: US$8m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$8m
- Canada: US$8m
- South Korea: US$8m
- Vietnam: US$7m
- Mexico: US$7m
- Iraq: US$7m
- Indonesia: US$7m
- Belgium: US$7m
- Russia: US$6m
- Australia: US$6m
- Austria: US$6m
- Malaysia: US$5m
- Czechia: US$5m
- Morocco: US$4m
- Kazakhstan: US$4m
- Philippines: US$4m
- Romania: US$4m
- Thailand: US$4m
- Brazil: US$3m
- Singapore: US$3m
- South Africa: US$3m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$3m
- North Korea: US$3m
- China: US$3m
- Peru: US$3m
- Taiwan: US$3m
- Pakistan: US$3m
- Türkiye: US$3m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Colombia: US$2m
- India: US$2m
- Sweden: US$2m
- Finland: US$2m
- Ghana: US$2m
- Algeria: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Belarus: US$2m
- Nigeria: US$2m
- Slovakia: US$2m
- Israel: US$2m
- Egypt: US$2m
- Bangladesh: US$2m
- Jordan: US$2m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Greece: US$1m
- Libya: US$1m
- Portugal: US$1m
- Chile: US$1m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$349m | 74.7% | |
| 2 | US$19m | 4.1% | |
| 3 | US$15m | 3.2% | |
| 4 | US$12m | 2.5% | |
| 5 | US$9m | 2% | |
| 6 | US$8m | 1.7% | |
| 7 | US$8m | 1.6% | |
| 8 | US$6m | 1.4% | |
| 9 | US$6m | 1.3% | |
| 10 | US$5m | 1.1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$70m | 14.9% | |
| 2 | US$41m | 8.7% | |
| 3 | US$35m | 7.5% | |
| 4 | US$21m | 4.5% | |
| 5 | US$19m | 4% | |
| 6 | US$16m | 3.4% | |
| 7 | US$12m | 2.6% | |
| 8 | US$9m | 2% | |
| 9 | US$9m | 1.9% | |
| 10 | US$8m | 1.8% |
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.
- 15%median duty
- 23number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 55%highest: Iran, Barbados, Belize
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 50% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 50% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 6.5% – 14% | 2023 | |
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4.7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 55% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9% | 8% – 10% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.9%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 9% | 8% – 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 6.9%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 18%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 13% | 0% – 25% | 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
- 88576 Wall clocks, battery, accumulator/mains powered
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 713202
- CPC 2.1 product
- 48420 Clocks
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2652 Manufacture of watches and clocks
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9105.21 | changed |
| 2012 | 9105.21 | changed |
| 2007 | 9105.21 | changed |
| 2002 | 9105.21 | changed |
| 1996 | 9105.21 | changed |
| 1992 | 9105.21, 9105.29 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 6
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N353561 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of wall clock from China
- N343717 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Time Zone Clock Kits from Canada
- N340581 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a wall clock from China
- N275485 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a wall clock from China
- 600013883 HMRC
8" Round wall clock with a glass screen and a polypropylene body. The clock is battery operated. This product is designed to be hung on the wall in order to show the time.
- 600010842 HMRC
A battery powered clock with a face decorated by pictures of twelve different birds A bird sound announces each hour Bird guide, Instruction manual included Requires 3 AA batteries, which are not included with the product
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 9105.21; the duty is 4%.
Subheading 9105.21 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 4.7%.
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 4%.
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 £10.6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 10% on the year before); China supplied 88%, followed by Switzerland.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$467m (−4% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$349m), followed by Germany.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other clocks, wall clocks, electrically operated?
Other clocks, wall clocks, electrically operated fall under HS subheading 9105.21, part of heading 9105, in section XVIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other clocks, wall clocks, electrically operated in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9105.21 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 4%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on other clocks, wall clocks, electrically operated in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9105.21 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 4.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most other clocks, wall clocks, electrically operated?
China, with US$349m in 2024 (74.7% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods 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 4% 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 China (88%), Switzerland (3%) and United States (2%), out of total imports of £10.6m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.