Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan · CCC code · HS 0403.20

0403.20.00.00

0403.20.00.00: Yogurt

Yogurt

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan, in force from 24 April 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026

What you pay

Importing into Taiwan

Customs duty 15% 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

0403.20 Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir: yogurt

UK 6% – 12% Third-country duty 16 tariff lines · average 7.5% · 12× specific or compound duty EU 12.8% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · 13× specific or compound duty Türkiye 7.6% – 170% Third-country duty 16 tariff lines · average 89.4% USA 17% – 20% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 19% · 1× specific or compound duty Canada Free – 6.5% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 4.9% · 3× specific or compound duty Mexico 20% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty Brazil 14.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 16% General (MFN) 8 tariff lines Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Japan specific or compound duty General (MFN) 28 tariff lines GCC 5% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines Switzerland specific or compound duty General (MFN) 4 tariff lines Norway specific or compound duty General (MFN) 6 tariff lines North Macedonia 5% – 25% General (MFN) 14 tariff lines · average 20.4% Nigeria 35% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines

Legal notes

Notes

1. The expression ‘milk’ means full-cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.

2. For the purposes of heading 0403, yogurt may be concentrated or flavoured and may contain added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extracts, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers’ wares, provided that any added substance is not used for the purpose of replacing, in whole or in part, any milk constituent, and the product retains the essential character of yogurt.

3. For the purposes of heading 0405:

  1. (a) the term ‘butter’ means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk, with a milkfat content of 80 % or more but not more than 95 % by weight, a maximum milk solids-not-fat content of 2 % by weight and a maximum water content of 16 % by weight. Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food colours, neutralising salts and cultures of harmless lactic-acid-producing bacteria;

  2. (b) the expression ‘dairy spreads’ means a spreadable emulsion of the water-in-oil type, containing milkfat as the only fat in the product, with a milkfat content of 39 % or more but less than 80 % by weight.

4. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the three following characteristics:

  1. (a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more;

  2. (b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and

  3. (c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.

5. This chapter does not cover:

(a) non-living insects, unfit for human consumption (heading 0511);

  1. (b) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702);

  2. (c) products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for example, butyric fats) by another substance (for example, oleic fats) (heading 1901 or 2106); or

  3. (d) albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter) (heading 3502) or globulins (heading 3504).

6. For the purposes of heading 0410, the term ‘insects’ means edible non-living insects, whole or in parts, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, smoked, salted or in brine, as well as flours and meals of insects, fit for human consumption. However, it does not cover edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally Section IV).

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Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 0403.10, 1901.90.

CCC code 0403.20.00.00 is a line of the Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan under HS subheading 0403.20 (yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir: yogurt).

The column 1 rate is 15%, and quantities are declared in KGM.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 6%–12%, the EU duty is 12.8%, the Türkiye duty is 7.6%–170%, the US duty is 17%–20%, the Canada duty is 0%–6.5%, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 14.4%, the Argentina duty is 16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the North Macedonia duty is 5%–25% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.

Taiwan imported goods of subheading 0403.20 worth US$7m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.

Questions and answers

What is the Taiwan import duty for CCC code 0403.20.00.00?

The column 1 rate in the Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan is 15%; the supplementary unit is KGM. 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 Taiwan import these goods from?

For subheading 0403.20 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$4m), followed by Germany.

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