ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) · CET code · HS 1302.39
1302.39.00.00: Other vegetable mucilages and thickeners: elsewhere specified
Other vegetable mucilages and thickeners
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), in force from 7 September 2023 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into Nigeria
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
1302.39 Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived: other
UK Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
USA 3.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Mexico 10% – 15% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 11.7% 
Brazil 7.2% – 9% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 8.1% 
Argentina 7.2% – 9% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 8.1% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free – 7.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3.8% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Legal notes
Note
1. Heading 1302 applies, inter alia, to liquorice extract and extract of pyrethrum, extract of hops, extract of aloes and opium.
The heading does not apply to:
(a) liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose or put up as confectionery (heading 1704);
(b) malt extract (heading 1901);
(c) extracts of coffee, tea or maté (heading 2101);
(d) vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages (Chapter 22);
(e) camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading 2914 or 2938;
(f) concentrates of poppy straw containing not less than 50 % by weight of alkaloids (heading 2939);
(g) medicaments of heading 3003 or 3004 or blood-grouping reagents (heading 3822);
(ij) essential oils, concretes, absolutes, resinoids, extracted oleoresins, aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils or preparations based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages (Chapter 33); or
(k) natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading 4001).
Additional note
1. Mixtures of pectic substances and sugar, with a sugar content exceeding 90 % by weight, calculated on the dry matter, are excluded from classification under subheading 130220 and are, in principle, to be classified in Chapter 17, since the character of the product is deemed to be determined by the sugar.
In the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), 1302.39.00.00 is one of 1 line under subheading 1302.39, mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived: other.
The import duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is 3.2%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 10%–15%, the Brazil duty is 7.2%–9%, the Argentina duty is 7.2%–9%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 0%–7.5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free and the North Macedonia duty is free.
Nigeria imported goods of subheading 1302.39 worth US$695k in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the Nigeria import duty for CET code 1302.39.00.00?
The import duty in the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) is 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.