Subheading · Chapter 95 · Heading 9506
9506.12: Snow-skis and other snow-ski equipment: ski-fastenings (ski-bindings)
Official description Ski-fastenings (ski-bindings)
9506.12 is a six-digit subheading of heading 9506, articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics…, chapter 95.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9506 12 00 00 Ski-fastenings (ski-bindings) 2%
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 1
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
Import requirements 2
- 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 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) | — | 2% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.6m | 50.3% | +5.1% | |
| £402k | 12.7% | -26.9% | |
| £321k | 10.2% | -7.7% | |
| £222k | 7% | +21.2% | |
| £203k | 6.4% | +17% | |
| £122k | 3.9% | +19.4% | |
| £122k | 3.9% | +1,324.4% | |
| £60k | 1.9% | +169.6% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$68kUS$68k+US$880k+US$7m+> US$70m
Exports: 81
- Czechia: US$81m
- Austria: US$75m
- China: US$70m
- Romania: US$69m
- Germany: US$51m
- France: US$38m
- Italy: US$30m
- Switzerland: US$7m
- Taiwan: US$6m
- United States: US$4m
- Norway: US$4m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$4m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Slovenia: US$2m
- Netherlands: US$2m
- Vietnam: US$2m
- Canada: US$2m
- Spain: US$2m
- Indonesia: US$907k
- Poland: US$880k
- Sweden: US$706k
- Bulgaria: US$538k
- Estonia: US$520k
- India: US$428k
- Türkiye: US$346k
- Finland: US$237k
- Denmark: US$222k
- Japan: US$179k
- Lithuania: US$168k
- Armenia: US$143k
- Slovakia: US$143k
- United Kingdom: US$127k
- Belgium: US$105k
- Latvia: US$98k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$87k
- Ukraine: US$72k
- Australia: US$71k
- South Korea: US$69k
- Russia: US$68k
- Tunisia: US$61k
- Serbia: US$53k
- United Arab Emirates: US$52k
- Croatia: US$38k
- South Africa: US$38k
- Philippines: US$35k
- Bangladesh: US$21k
- Kazakhstan: US$15k
- Greece: US$14k
- Moldova: US$14k
- Luxembourg: US$13k
- Portugal: US$7k
- Cambodia: US$7k
- Mexico: US$6k
- Bahrain: US$6k
- Thailand: US$5k
- Malaysia: US$2k
- Honduras: US$2k
- Pakistan: US$2k
- Albania: US$2k
- Saudi Arabia: US$1k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$85kUS$85k+US$1m+US$7m+> US$34m
Imports: 113
- Austria: US$92m
- United States: US$83m
- Germany: US$58m
- France: US$34m
- Switzerland: US$28m
- Italy: US$27m
- Canada: US$23m
- Japan: US$13m
- Czechia: US$10m
- Norway: US$9m
- Romania: US$8m
- Slovenia: US$7m
- Netherlands: US$7m
- Sweden: US$7m
- China: US$5m
- Poland: US$5m
- Russia: US$5m
- United Kingdom: US$5m
- Spain: US$4m
- Finland: US$4m
- South Korea: US$3m
- Bulgaria: US$3m
- Australia: US$3m
- Slovakia: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$1m
- Denmark: US$1m
- New Zealand: US$1m
- Türkiye: US$1m
- Estonia: US$823k
- Andorra: US$751k
- Kazakhstan: US$558k
- Argentina: US$513k
- Iceland: US$494k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$487k
- Chile: US$424k
- Belarus: US$397k
- Taiwan: US$392k
- Singapore: US$390k
- Hungary: US$370k
- United Arab Emirates: US$328k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$306k
- Serbia: US$263k
- Greece: US$209k
- Israel: US$208k
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$208k
- Latvia: US$207k
- Georgia: US$171k
- Lithuania: US$161k
- Armenia: US$159k
- Lebanon: US$130k
- Croatia: US$125k
- Indonesia: US$111k
- Azerbaijan: US$100k
- Portugal: US$90k
- Luxembourg: US$85k
- North Macedonia: US$58k
- Uzbekistan: US$34k
- Malaysia: US$33k
- Paraguay: US$33k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$81m | 17.7% | |
| 2 | US$75m | 16.4% | |
| 3 | US$70m | 15.3% | |
| 4 | US$69m | 15% | |
| 5 | US$51m | 11.1% | |
| 6 | US$38m | 8.3% | |
| 7 | US$30m | 6.5% | |
| 8 | US$7m | 1.5% | |
| 9 | US$6m | 1.4% | |
| 10 | US$4m | 1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$92m | 20.1% | |
| 2 | US$83m | 18.2% | |
| 3 | US$58m | 12.6% | |
| 4 | US$34m | 7.4% | |
| 5 | US$28m | 6.1% | |
| 6 | US$27m | 5.8% | |
| 7 | US$23m | 4.9% | |
| 8 | US$13m | 2.8% | |
| 9 | US$10m | 2.2% | |
| 10 | US$9m | 1.9% |
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.
- 10%median duty
- 36number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 30%highest: Algeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3.7% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 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 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 1.6%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 24% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 1.4% | 0% – 2.8% | 2023 | |
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0.3% | 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
- 89473 Snow-skis & other snow-ski equipment
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 713202
- CPC 2.1 product
- 38410 Snow-skis and other snow-ski equipment; ice-skates and roller-skates
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3230 Manufacture of sports goods
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9506.12 | changed |
| 2012 | 9506.12 | changed |
| 2007 | 9506.12 | changed |
| 2002 | 9506.12 | changed |
| 1996 | 9506.12 | changed |
| 1992 | 9506.12 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 1
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.
- N302326 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of ski bindings from the Czech Republic and China
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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Trade Tariff news 5806 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
Subheading 9506.12 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 2%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 9506.12; the duty is 3.7%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 2%; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £3.2m (up 5% on the year before), at an average of £55.04 per kg; China supplied 50%, followed by Czechia.
World trade in these goods reached US$458m in 2024, down 16.8% on 2023.
The Czechia was the largest exporter with 17.7% of the total, ahead of Austria.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for snow-skis and other snow-ski equipment: ski-fastenings (ski-bindings)?
Snow-skis and other snow-ski equipment: ski-fastenings (ski-bindings) fall under HS subheading 9506.12, part of heading 9506, in section XX of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on snow-skis and other snow-ski equipment in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9506.12 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on snow-skis and other snow-ski equipment in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9506.12 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 3.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most snow-skis and other snow-ski equipment?
The Czechia, with US$81m in 2024 (17.7% 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 2% 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 (50%), Czechia (13%) and Romania (10%), out of total imports of £3.2m.