Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) · Swiss tariff number · HS 1806.32
1806.32.13: Chocolate bars, not filled: not exceeding 3 %
Chocolate bars, not filled
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 1806 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
- 1806.20 other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg
- 1806.32 not filled
- 1806.32.13 not exceeding 3 %
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
1806.32 Other, in blocks, slabs or bars: not filled
UK 8% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU specific or compound duty Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Türkiye 8.3% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
USA 4.3% – 7% General (MFN) 13 tariff lines · average 5.6% · 6× specific or compound duty 
Canada 6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Mexico specific or compound duty General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 18% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Argentina 20% General (MFN) 14 tariff lines 
Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Japan 10% – 29.8% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 24.1% 
Taiwan 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Norway specific or compound duty General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia specific or compound duty General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 35% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Switzerland lines: 1806.32
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.
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The tariff classification of Chocolate Bars from Switzerland
- N315440 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of snack bars from United Kingdom
- 600013262 HMRC
A bar of chocolate. Milk chocolate favoured with mint. The bar has been made with segments attached to each other and forms a solid bar under 2 kg. Ingredients include sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, milk powder, vegetable fats, emulsifiers, and flavourings. The item has a polypropylene cold…
- 600012687 HMRC
Product is a bar of no added sugar, swiss milk chocolate with hazelnuts. It is made from Sweetener: Maltitol, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Milk fat, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithin E322, Vanilla Extract, Cocoa solids and Milk solids. Produced in Switzerland. Packaged in a 100g…
- 600012686 HMRC
Product is a bar of no added sugar, smooth and silky swiss milk chocolate. It is made from Sweetener: Maltitol, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Milk fat, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithin E322, Vanilla Extract, Cocoa solids and Milk solids. Produced in Switzerland. Packaged in a 100g…
- 600010523 HMRC
Product is a no added sugar chocolate bar, which has fruit and mixed nuts embedded within it. It is made from Sweetener - Lactitol (E966), Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder (DAIRY-MILK- Pasteurised), Cocoa Mass, raisins, hazelnuts, Inulin, Emulsifier Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla Extract, Aspartame,…
19 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) 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);
(b) preparations of headings 0403, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2105, 2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004.
2. Heading 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to note 1 to this chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.
Additional notes
1. When imported in the form of an assortment, goods of subheadings 180620, 180631, 180632 and 180690 are subject to an agricultural component (EA) fixed according to the average content in milkfats, milk proteins, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose and starch of the assortment as a whole.
2. Subheadings 18069011 and 18069019 do not cover chocolates made entirely of one type of chocolate.
In the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), 1806.32.13 is one of 4 lines under subheading 1806.32, other, in blocks, slabs or bars: not filled.
The normal tariff rate is a specific or compound duty: CHF 43.00 per 100 kg gross.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 8%, the Türkiye duty is 8.3%, the US duty is 4.3%–7%, the Canada duty is 6%, the Brazil duty is 18%, the Argentina duty is 20%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 10%–29.8%, the Taiwan duty is 10%, the GCC duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.
Switzerland imported goods of subheading 1806.32 worth US$52m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany, and the United Kingdom ranked 6th with US$2m.
Questions and answers
What is the Switzerland import duty for Swiss tariff number 1806.32.13?
The normal tariff rate in the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) is CHF 43.00 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 1806.32 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$27m), followed by Austria.