Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) · Swiss tariff number · HS 0701.90
0701.90.91: Potatoes, fresh (not seed): in bulk, in sacks (whether or not closed) or in open containers with or without lids or other covering material simply placed on the container
Potatoes, fresh (not seed)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled
- 0701.90 other
- 0701.90.10 within the limits of the tariff quota (Q. No. 14)
- 0701.90.91 in bulk, in sacks (whether or not closed) or in open containers with or without lids or other covering material simply placed on the container
What you pay
Importing into Switzerland
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Same subheading in other tariffs
0701.90 Potatoes, fresh or chilled: other
Switzerland lines: 0701.90
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover forage products of heading 1214.
2. In headings 0709 to 0712, the word ‘vegetables’ includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana).
3. Heading 0712 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 0701 to 0711, other than:
(a) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 0713);
(b) sweetcorn in the forms specified in headings 1102 to 1104;
(c) flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 1105);
(d) flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 (heading 1106).
4. However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are excluded from this chapter (heading 0904).
5. Heading 0711 applies to vegetables which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.
Swiss tariff number 0701.90.91 is a line of the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) under HS subheading 0701.90 (potatoes, fresh or chilled: other).
The normal tariff rate is a specific or compound duty: CHF 64.00 per 100 kg gross.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 8%–10%, the EU duty is 5.8%–11.5%, the Türkiye duty is 19.3%, the Mexico duty is 75%, the Brazil duty is 9%, the Argentina duty is 9%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 4.3%, the Taiwan duty is 15%, the GCC duty is free, the Norway duty is 100%–191%, the North Macedonia duty is 30%–45% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.
Switzerland imported goods of subheading 0701.90 worth US$70m in 2024; the largest supplier was the Netherlands.
Questions and answers
What is the Switzerland import duty for Swiss tariff number 0701.90.91?
The normal tariff rate in the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) is CHF 64.00 per 100 kg gross. 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 Switzerland import these goods from?
For subheading 0701.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the Netherlands (US$23m), followed by Germany.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.