Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) · Swiss tariff number · HS 0709.99

0709.99.60

0709.99.60: Other fresh vegetables: from December 16 to the end of February

Other fresh vegetables

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 0709 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled
  2. 0709.70 spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)
  3. 0709.99 other
  4. 0709.99.60 from December 16 to the end of February

What you pay

Importing into Switzerland

Customs duty CHF 10 per 100 kg gross standard rate depends on the country of origin

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

0709.99 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: other, other

UK 4% – 12% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · average 10.7% · 2× specific or compound duty EU 5.6% – 12.8% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 9.4% · 1× specific or compound duty Türkiye 5% – 19.5% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 18.1% USA 5.6% – 21.3% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 14.4% Canada Free General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · 3× specific or compound duty Mexico 10% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Brazil Free – 9% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 6% Argentina Free – 9% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 6.8% Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines New Zealand Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Japan 3% – 6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 4.5% Taiwan 20% – 25% General (MFN) 16 tariff lines · average 24.4% GCC Free General (MFN) 10 tariff lines Norway Free General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · 2× specific or compound duty North Macedonia 10% – 35% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 27.5% Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines

Switzerland lines: 0709.99

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.

  • N284039 U.S. CBP 23 March 2017 · 0709.99.90.00

    The tariff classification of eryngium foetidum from Costa Rica

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:

  1. (a) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 0713);

  2. (b) sweetcorn in the forms specified in headings 1102 to 1104;

  3. (c) flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 1105);

  4. (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.

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In the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), 0709.99.60 is one of 21 lines under subheading 0709.99, other vegetables, fresh or chilled: other, other.

The normal tariff rate is a specific or compound duty: CHF 10.00 per 100 kg gross.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 4%–12%, the EU duty is 5.6%–12.8%, the Türkiye duty is 5%–19.5%, the US duty is 5.6%–21.3%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 0%–9%, the Argentina duty is 0%–9%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 3%–6%, the Taiwan duty is 20%–25%, the GCC duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 10%–35% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.

Switzerland imported goods of subheading 0709.99 worth US$53m in 2024; the largest supplier was Italy.

Questions and answers

What is the Switzerland import duty for Swiss tariff number 0709.99.60?

The normal tariff rate in the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) is CHF 10.00 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 0709.99 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Italy (US$25m), followed by Thailand.

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