9701.21: Paintings, drawings and pastels

1. 9701 21 00 00 Paintings, drawings and pastels Free
2. 9701 21 00 10 More than 200 years old Free
3. 9701 21 00 90 Other Free

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£225.2m-4.8% · previous 12 months

Average import price£2,708.63 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
France	£80.2m	35.6%	+93%
United Kingdom	£33.9m	15%	-41.4%
United States	£31.1m	13.8%	-14.3%
Italy	£23.8m	10.6%	+103.2%
Belgium	£13.8m	6.1%	+164.1%
Netherlands	£10.1m	4.5%	-36.9%
Germany	£7.6m	3.4%	+3%
Switzerland	£5m	2.2%	-57.3%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free – 5.5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 1.8% Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 3.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 3.6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 7% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$849m	23.9%
2	United Kingdom	US$495m	13.9%
3	Switzerland	US$484m	13.6%
4	France	US$385m	10.8%
5	Germany	US$241m	6.8%
6	Netherlands	US$225m	6.3%
7	Austria	US$192m	5.4%
8	Taiwan	US$127m	3.6%
9	China	US$85m	2.4%
10	Hong Kong SAR China	US$74m	2.1%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Hong Kong SAR China	US$771m	21.7%
2	United States	US$627m	17.6%
3	Switzerland	US$557m	15.7%
4	United Kingdom	US$255m	7.2%
5	France	US$228m	6.4%
6	Netherlands	US$166m	4.7%
7	Germany	US$147m	4.1%
8	United Arab Emirates	US$130m	3.7%
9	Sweden	US$92m	2.6%
10	Austria	US$77m	2.2%

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.

• 7%median duty
• 29number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 30%highest: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	0%		2023
Armenia	0%		2023
Australia	0%		2023
Bahamas	10%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	20%		2023
Benin	20%		2023
Bermuda	10%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%		2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Burkina Faso	20%		2023
Burundi	25%		2023
Cameroon	30%		2023
Canada	2.8%	0% – 5.5%	2023
Central African Republic	30%		2023
Chad	30%		2023
China	4%		2023
Congo - Brazzaville	30%		2023
Costa Rica	7%	5% – 9%	2023
Dominican Republic	20%		2023
El Salvador	7.5%	5% – 10%	2022
Equatorial Guinea	30%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	0%		2023
Gabon	30%		2023
Gambia	20%		2023
Ghana	20%		2023
Guatemala	7.5%	5% – 10%	2023
Guinea	20%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	20%		2023
Honduras	7.5%	5% – 10%	2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	10%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Jamaica	20%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	5%		2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	25%		2023
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	20%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	10%	0% – 20%	2023
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	25%		2023
Mali	20%		2023
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	20%		2023
Namibia	0%		2023
Nepal	10%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	7.5%	5% – 10%	2023
Niger	20%		2023
Nigeria	20%		2023
North Macedonia	7%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	3%		2023
Panama	7.5%	5% – 10%	2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Philippines	7%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	25%		2023
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	20%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	20%		2023
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	0%		2023
Sri Lanka	15%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	25%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	20%		2023
Switzerland	0%		2023
Tanzania	25%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	20%		2023
Türkiye	0%		2023
Uganda	25%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0%		2023
Vanuatu	0%		2023
Vietnam	5%		2023
Zambia	0%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.4%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; rates may have changed since. · 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

89611 Paintings, drawings & pastels, executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading 892.82

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Consumption goods · BEC 713202

CPC 2.1 product

38961 Paintings, drawings and pastels; original engravings, prints and lithographs; original sculptures and statuary, in any material

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

9000 Creative, arts and entertainment activities

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

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. Import and export controls 20 July 2026

   Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov

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Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 9701.10.

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