Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) · Swiss tariff number · HS 1404.90
1404.90.80: Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: other
Other vegetable products
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 1404 Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
- 1404.90 other
- 1404.90.80 other
What you pay
Importing into Switzerland
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
1404.90 Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: other
UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 14 tariff lines 
USA Free – 2.3% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 0.8% · 2× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 10% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Brazil 5.4% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Argentina 5.4% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 7 tariff lines 
Japan Free – 6% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines · average 2.7% 
Taiwan Free – 20% General (MFN) 14 tariff lines · average 8.6% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Switzerland lines: 1404.90
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.
- N365323 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Canola Straw Bedding from Canada
- H334131 U.S. CBP
Classification of Dried Hemp Flowers (Cannabis sativa L.)
- N341906 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Tree Pollen from Japan
- N339899 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Hemp Biomass from Australia
- 600010751 HMRC
A garden mulch made from straw with added minerals. The straw is milled, chopped and processed with water and minerals. The minerals react with the natural tannins in straw to turn it brown and preserve it making it a long-lasting barrier. Straw mulch sits on the surface of the soil to prevent…
- 600010091 HMRC
A 100g bag of moss (Thuidium assimile). The moss has been dried, once water is added it will expand to up to 4.5 litres. The moss is used to increase and maintain the humidity in terrariums, it is also suitable as a nutritious base for plants. It is packaged within a plastic bag for retail sale.
- 600010093 HMRC
A 200g bag of moss, contains either sheet or rag moss, however, may also be a mixture of both. The moss has been dried, it will need to be laid in water prior to placing in the vivarium. The moss is used to increase and maintain the humidity in terrariums. It is particularly suitable for animals…
39 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified in Section XI: vegetable materials or fibres of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however prepared, or other vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use only as textile materials.
2. Heading 1401 applies, inter alia, to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn lengthwise, cut to length, rounded at the ends, bleached, rendered non-inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like, to rattan cores and to drawn or split rattans. The heading does not apply to chipwood (heading 4404).
3. Heading 1404 does not apply to wood wool (heading 4405) and prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).
In the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), 1404.90.80 is one of 2 lines under subheading 1404.90, vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: other.
The normal tariff rate is free.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is 0%–2.3%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 5.4%, the Argentina duty is 5.4%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–6%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–20%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
Switzerland imported goods of subheading 1404.90 worth US$4m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the Switzerland import duty for Swiss tariff number 1404.90.80?
The normal tariff rate in the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) is free. 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.
Typical products
- coconut shells
- couch-grass
- dom palm seeds
- gall nuts
- gomuti (gumati) fibre
- henna
- loofahs
- myrobalans
- piassava
- quillaia bark
- seeds, for carving
- vine tie grass
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.