Subheading · Chapter 95 · Heading 9506

9506.70

9506.70: Ice skates and roller skates, including skating boots with skates attached

9506.70 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

Customs duty Free – 2% standard rate · across 3 national lines depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure Import requirements: 3
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 9506 70 00 00 Ice skates and roller skates, including skating boots with skates attached
  2. 9506 70 10 00 Ice skates Freepa
  3. 9506 70 30 00 Roller skates 2%pa
  4. 9506 70 90 00 Parts and accessories 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 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 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)
  • Import controlImport control on cat and dog fur
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    S.I. 2009/1056
    Documents
    • Y922 Other than cats and dogs fur as mentioned by Regulation (EC) No 1523/2007 (OJ L 343)

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—Free – 2%
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more

Afghanistan, 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")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Free
DCTS Enhanced
Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more

Algeria, 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 more

Antigua & 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 more

Anguilla, 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

last 12 months£13.3m-13.5% · previous 12 months
Average import price£9.08 per kg
Jan 2024: £1.3mFeb 2024: £948kMar 2024: £1.1mApr 2024: £555kMay 2024: £1mJun 2024: £1.5mJul 2024: £1.3mAug 2024: £1.3mSept 2024: £1.2mOct 2024: £2.5mNov 2024: £1.8mDec 2024: £1.1mJan 2025: £561kFeb 2025: £2.2mMar 2025: £931kApr 2025: £690kMay 2025: £1.3mJun 2025: £765kJul 2025: £1.6mAug 2025: £738kSept 2025: £1.3mOct 2025: £2mNov 2025: £1.4mDec 2025: £1.2mJan 2026: £696kFeb 2026: £1.2mMar 2026: £1.1mApr 2026: £480kMay 2026: £1.1mJun 2026: £847kJul 2026: £1.1mAug 2026: £755k 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
China £10.4m 78.1% -17.1%
Vietnam £637k 4.8% +204.9%
Thailand £611k 4.6% +38.1%
Italy £462k 3.5% -21.6%
United States £268k 2% -34.5%
Cambodia £211k 1.6% +4,274.2%
Taiwan £147k 1.1% -64.6%
Mexico £120k 0.9% +81.7%

Same subheading in other tariffs

World trade in 2024

9506.70 · US$705.2m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$80.9kUS$80.9k+US$1.2m+US$10.6m+> US$28m

Exports: 113
  1. China: US$411.8m
  2. Vietnam: US$43.2m
  3. Thailand: US$31.2m
  4. Italy: US$28m
  5. France: US$27.3m
  6. Canada: US$20.2m
  7. Germany: US$17.3m
  8. Sweden: US$17.3m
  9. Spain: US$14.1m
  10. Poland: US$11.1m
  11. United Kingdom: US$10.6m
  12. United States: US$9.6m
  13. Taiwan: US$8.9m
  14. Czechia: US$8.4m
  15. Netherlands: US$6m
  16. Denmark: US$4.8m
  17. Malaysia: US$4.7m
  18. Serbia: US$2.7m
  19. Austria: US$2.6m
  20. Greece: US$2.2m
  21. Latvia: US$1.8m
  22. Slovenia: US$1.7m
  23. Mauritius: US$1.6m
  24. Hungary: US$1.5m
  25. Russia: US$1.5m
  26. Ireland: US$1.3m
  27. Belgium: US$1.2m
  28. Lithuania: US$1.1m
  29. Romania: US$1.1m
  30. Norway: US$995.6k
  31. Bangladesh: US$902.1k
  32. Kazakhstan: US$810.6k
  33. Pakistan: US$800.1k
  34. Portugal: US$706k
  35. Hong Kong SAR China: US$677.4k
  36. Switzerland: US$544.8k
  37. Slovakia: US$518.3k
  38. Chile: US$496.4k
  39. India: US$467.7k
  40. South Korea: US$418.5k
  41. Finland: US$363.8k
  42. Türkiye: US$357.7k
  43. Estonia: US$326.7k
  44. Bulgaria: US$212.1k
  45. Mexico: US$211.7k
  46. Brazil: US$181.6k
  47. Cambodia: US$154.8k
  48. Australia: US$126.6k
  49. Colombia: US$111k
  50. South Africa: US$102.4k
  51. Singapore: US$101.5k
  52. Croatia: US$81.7k
  53. Cameroon: US$80.9k
  54. Japan: US$68.6k
  55. Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$66.1k
  56. Peru: US$59.4k
  57. Macao SAR China: US$58.9k
  58. El Salvador: US$51.7k
  59. Kyrgyzstan: US$44k
  60. Kuwait: US$36k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$411.8m 58.4%
2 Vietnam US$43.2m 6.1%
3 Thailand US$31.2m 4.4%
4 Italy US$28m 4%
5 France US$27.3m 3.9%
6 Canada US$20.2m 2.9%
7 Germany US$17.3m 2.5%
8 Sweden US$17.3m 2.5%
9 Spain US$14.1m 2%
10 Poland US$11.1m 1.6%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 United States US$135.4m 19.2%
2 Canada US$55m 7.8%
3 Germany US$46.1m 6.5%
4 France US$41.6m 5.9%
5 Poland US$32.4m 4.6%
6 Russia US$28.8m 4.1%
7 Spain US$25.9m 3.7%
8 Czechia US$23.4m 3.3%
9 Sweden US$22.5m 3.2%
10 United Kingdom US$20.1m 2.9%

Binding rulings for similar goods 5

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.

  • N346126 U.S. CBP 19 March 2025 · 9506.70.20.10

    The tariff classification of adjustable children’s roller skates from China

  • N337934 U.S. CBP 22 February 2024 · 9506.70.20.90

    The tariff classification of adjustable children’s roller skates with knee and elbow pads from China

  • N302405 U.S. CBP 22 February 2019 · 9506.70.60.80

    The tariff classification of a skate guard from China

  • N291102 U.S. CBP 8 November 2017 · 9506.70.20.90

    The tariff classification of a “roller frame/inline skate wheel assembly” from China

  • N287202 U.S. CBP 22 June 2017 · 9506.70.20.90

    The tariff classification of the Razor “Jetts DLX” from 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.

  1. US Countervailing duty

    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

Rule changes →

In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 9506.70 covers 3 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 2%. 1 of them is duty-free.

The EU Combined Nomenclature divides subheading 9506.70 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 2.7% (average 1.8%). 1 of them is duty-free.

Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free – 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 £13.3m (down 13% on the year before), at an average of £9.08 per kg; China supplied 78%, followed by Vietnam.

World trade in these goods reached US$705.2m in 2024, up 2% on 2023.

China was the largest exporter with 58.4% of the total, ahead of Vietnam.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for ice skates and roller skates, including skating boots with skates attached?

Ice skates and roller skates, including skating boots with skates attached fall under HS subheading 9506.70, part of heading 9506, in section XX of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on ice skates and roller skates in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9506.70 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 2%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on ice skates and roller skates in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9506.70 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 2.7%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most ice skates and roller skates?

China, with US$411.8m in 2024 (58.4% 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 Free – 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 (78%), Vietnam (5%) and Thailand (5%), out of total imports of £13.3m.