Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) · Swiss tariff number · HS 2005.20
2005.20.12: Preserved potatoes (crisps etc., not frozen): containing not more than 80% by weight of potatoes
Preserved potatoes (crisps etc., not frozen)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006
- 2005.20 potatoes
- 2005.20.12 containing not more than 80% by weight of potatoes
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
2005.20 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than: potatoes
Switzerland lines: 2005.20
- 2005.20.11containing more than 80% by weight of potatoes
- 2005.20.12containing not more than 80% by weight of potatoes
- 2005.20.21in containers holding more than 5 kg
- 2005.20.22Containing not more than 80% by weight of potatoes: other
- 2005.20.29Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than: potatoes, other
- 2005.20.92in containers holding more than 5 kg
- 2005.20.93Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than: potatoes, other
- 2005.20.99Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than: potatoes, other
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.
- H335912 U.S. CBP
Tariff Classification; Country of Origin Marking; USMCA Eligibility; Certain Potato Preparation
- 600012421 HMRC
A preparation of potatoes. These have been peeled and packed in a tin. The net weight is 560g. Ingredients: Potato, Water, Firming Agent: Calcium Chloride; Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid.
- 600011625 HMRC
Salted potato crisps. The potatoes have been sliced, fried and seasoned. This is a ready to eat snack food. The product is available in 40g / 80g and 200g packs. Ingredients: Potatoes Edible vegetable oil Edible common salt
- 600011631 HMRC
Tomato salsa potato crisps. The potatoes have been sliced, fried and seasoned. This is a ready to eat snack food. The product is available in 40g and 80g packs. Ingredients: Potatoes Edible vegetable oil (palmolein oil and or cotton seed oil) Tomato powder Sugar Edible common salt Red chilli…
- 600011633 HMRC
Mast masala potato crisps. The potatoes have been sliced, fried and seasoned. This is a ready to eat snack food. The product is available in 40g and 80g packs. Ingredients: Potatoes Edible vegetable oil (palmolein oil and or cotton seed oil) Red chilli powder Green chilli Garlic powder Onion…
8 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) vegetables, fruit or nuts, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 7, 8 or 11;
(b) vegetable fats and oils (Chapter 15);
(c) 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);
(d) bakers' wares and other products of heading 1905; or
(e) homogenised composite food preparations of heading 2104.
2. Headings 2007 and 2008 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar confectionery (heading 1704) or chocolate confectionery (heading 1806).
3. Headings 2001, 2004 and 2005 cover, as the case may be, only those products of Chapter 7 or of heading 1105 or 1106 (other than flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8) which have been prepared or preserved by processes other than those referred to in note 1(a).
4. Tomato juice, the dry weight content of which is 7 % or more, is to be classified in heading 2002.
5. For the purposes of heading 2007, the expression ‘obtained by cooking’ means obtained by heat treatment at atmospheric pressure or under reduced pressure to increase the viscosity of a product through reduction of water content or other means.
6. For the purposes of heading 2009, the expression ‘juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit’ means juices of an alcoholic strength by volume (see note 2 to Chapter 22) not exceeding 0,5 % vol.
Subheading notes
1. For the purposes of subheading 200510, the expression ‘homogenised vegetables’ means preparations of vegetables, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of vegetables. Subheading 200510 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 2005.
2. For the purposes of subheading 200710, the expression ‘homogenised preparations’ means preparations of fruit, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of fruit. Subheading 200710 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 2007.
3. For the purposes of subheadings 200912, 200921, 200931, 200941, 200961 and 200971, the expression ‘Brix value’ means the direct reading of degrees Brix obtained from a Brix hydrometer or of refractive index expressed in terms of percentage sucrose content obtained from a refractometer, at a temperature of 20 °C or corrected for 20 °C if the reading is made at a different temperature.
In the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), 2005.20.12 is one of 8 lines under subheading 2005.20, other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than: potatoes.
The normal tariff rate is a specific or compound duty: CHF 102.15 per 100 kg gross.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 8%–14%, the EU duty is 14.1%, the Türkiye duty is 8.8%–39%, the US duty is 6.4%, the Canada duty is 6%, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 9%–13.6%, the Taiwan duty is 12.5%–18%, the GCC duty is 5%, the North Macedonia duty is 40% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.
Switzerland imported goods of subheading 2005.20 worth US$24m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the Switzerland import duty for Swiss tariff number 2005.20.12?
The normal tariff rate in the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) is CHF 102.15 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 2005.20 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$11m), followed by Austria.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.