9404.40: Quilts, bedspreads, eiderdowns and duvets (comforters)

1. 9404 40 00 00 Quilts, bedspreads, eiderdowns and duvets (comforters)
2. 9404 40 10 00 Filled with feathers or down 2%
3. 9404 40 90 00 Other 2%

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£46.4m+11.4% · previous 12 months

Average import price£4.63 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	£25.9m	55.9%	+22.9%
India	£4.9m	10.5%	+31.1%
Pakistan	£4.8m	10.3%	-6.6%
North Macedonia	£2.8m	6.1%	-17.1%
Lithuania	£2.3m	4.9%	-3.4%
Estonia	£1.1m	2.3%	-17.2%
Poland	£769k	1.7%	-43.2%
Ireland	£587k	1.3%	+52%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 3.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Türkiye 3.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines USA 4.4% – 12.8% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 8.6% Canada 14% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines Mexico 35% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines Brazil 16.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 35% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines Japan 3.8% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Taiwan 9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines North Macedonia 12% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$2.5bn	73.7%
2	Pakistan	US$145m	4.2%
3	India	US$125m	3.6%
4	Poland	US$82m	2.4%
5	Germany	US$76m	2.2%
6	Vietnam	US$55m	1.6%
7	Bulgaria	US$34m	1%
8	North Macedonia	US$31m	0.9%
9	Lithuania	US$31m	0.9%
10	Spain	US$25m	0.7%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$1.2bn	36.2%
2	Japan	US$291m	8.4%
3	Germany	US$146m	4.2%
4	Canada	US$106m	3.1%
5	South Korea	US$96m	2.8%
6	Mexico	US$80m	2.3%
7	Brazil	US$78m	2.3%
8	Netherlands	US$70m	2%
9	Australia	US$68m	2%
10	Saudi Arabia	US$62m	1.8%

Import duty on this product around the world 93

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.

• 20%median duty
• 4number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Morocco, Uganda

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	15%		2023
Algeria	30%		2023
Armenia	14%	12% – 15%	2023
Australia	5%		2023
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	20%		2023
Benin	20%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	10%		2022
Botswana	20%		2023
Burkina Faso	20%		2023
Burundi	25%		2023
Cameroon	30%		2023
Canada	14%		2023
Central African Republic	30%		2023
Chad	30%		2023
China	10%		2023
Congo - Brazzaville	30%		2023
Costa Rica	14%		2023
Dominican Republic	20%		2023
El Salvador	15%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	30%		2023
Eswatini	20%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	3.7%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	13%		2023
Gabon	30%		2023
Gambia	20%		2023
Ghana	20%		2023
Guatemala	15%		2023
Guinea	20%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	20%		2023
Honduras	15%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	25%		2023
Indonesia	15%		2023
Jamaica	20%		2023
Japan	3.8%		2023
Jordan	25%		2023
Kazakhstan	10%		2023
Kenya	25%		2023
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	20%		2023
Liberia	20%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malaysia	20%		2023
Maldives	5%		2023
Mali	20%		2023
Mauritius	15%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	40%		2023
Mozambique	20%		2023
Namibia	20%		2023
Nepal	20%		2023
New Zealand	5%		2023
Nicaragua	15%		2023
Niger	20%		2023
Nigeria	20%		2023
North Macedonia	12%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	20%		2023
Panama	13%	10% – 15%	2023
Papua New Guinea	15%		2023
Philippines	15%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	25%		2023
Saudi Arabia	10%		2023
Senegal	20%		2023
Seychelles	5%		2023
Sierra Leone	20%		2023
South Africa	20%		2023
South Korea	8%		2023
Sri Lanka	20%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	20%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	20%		2023
Switzerland	13%*		2023
Tanzania	25%		2023
Thailand	20%		2023
Togo	20%		2023
Türkiye	3.7%		2023
Uganda	35%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	2%		2023
United States	8.6%	4.4% – 13%	2023
Vanuatu	15%		2023
Vietnam	20%		2023
Zambia	25%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.4%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; 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

82129 Other articles of bedding

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Consumption goods · BEC 313202

CPC 2.1 product

27180 Quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes, pillows, sleeping bags and the like, fitted with springs or stuffed or internally fitted with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

1392 Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 21

Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 9404.90.

Products classified here

• bed throws, stuffed

Questions and answers

Typical products

• bed throws, stuffed

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.