Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan · statistical code · HS 2004.10
2004.10.100: 1 Cooked, not otherwise prepared
Frozen prepared potatoes (fries)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, in force from 8 August 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06
- 2004.10 Potatoes
- 2004.10.100 1 Cooked, not otherwise prepared
What you pay
Importing into Japan
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
2004.10 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than: potatoes
UK 6% – 16% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 12% 
EU 14.4% – 17.6% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 16% · 1× specific or compound duty 
Türkiye 7.6% – 39% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 18.4% 
USA 6.4% – 8% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 7.2% 
Canada 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 12.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 12.5% – 18% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 14.3% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland specific or compound duty General (MFN) 8 tariff lines 
Norway specific or compound duty General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 20% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Nigeria 35% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan lines: 2004.10
Binding rulings for similar goods
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.
- N282634 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of frozen prepared potatoes from United Kingdom
- 600012697 HMRC
Steak cut chips Ingredients: potato 96% and sunflower oil The chips are pre fried and then frozen Packaging: plastic bag
- 600012705 HMRC
French fries Ingredients: potato (92%), sunflower oil (4%), Modified Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Pea Fibre, Salt, Dextrin, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Curcuma Powder This product is Pre fried and then frozen in bags for retail sale.
- 600012706 HMRC
French fries Ingredients: Potato (91%), Sunflower Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Dextrin, Salt, Raising Agents: Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates; Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Paprika Extract, Curcuma Powder, Thickener: Xanthan Gum. Frozen French Fries Pre Fried and then Frozen for retail sale…
- 600012707 HMRC
Crinkle Fries 1.5kg Ingredients: Potato (96%), Sunflower Oil. Frozen Fries that are pre fried and then frozen. Packed in plastic bags for retail sale
11 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) vegetables, fruit or nuts, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 7, 8 or 11;
(b) vegetable fats and oils (Chapter 15);
(c) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
(d) bakers' wares and other products of heading 1905; or
(e) homogenised composite food preparations of heading 2104.
2. Headings 2007 and 2008 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar confectionery (heading 1704) or chocolate confectionery (heading 1806).
3. Headings 2001, 2004 and 2005 cover, as the case may be, only those products of Chapter 7 or of heading 1105 or 1106 (other than flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8) which have been prepared or preserved by processes other than those referred to in note 1(a).
4. Tomato juice, the dry weight content of which is 7 % or more, is to be classified in heading 2002.
5. For the purposes of heading 2007, the expression ‘obtained by cooking’ means obtained by heat treatment at atmospheric pressure or under reduced pressure to increase the viscosity of a product through reduction of water content or other means.
6. For the purposes of heading 2009, the expression ‘juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit’ means juices of an alcoholic strength by volume (see note 2 to Chapter 22) not exceeding 0,5 % vol.
Statistical code 2004.10.100 is a line of the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan under HS subheading 2004.10 (other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than: potatoes).
The applied rate is 8.5%, and quantities are declared in KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 6%–16%, the EU duty is 14.4%–17.6%, the Türkiye duty is 7.6%–39%, the US duty is 6.4%–8%, the Canada duty is 6%, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Taiwan duty is 12.5%–18%, the GCC duty is 5%, the North Macedonia duty is 20% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.
Japan imported goods of subheading 2004.10 worth US$691m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the Japan import duty for statistical code 2004.10.100?
The applied rate in the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan is 8.5%; the supplementary unit is KG. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does Japan import these goods from?
For subheading 2004.10 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$445m), followed by the Netherlands.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.