UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 0403.20
0403 20 33 00: Yogurt: Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6%
Yogurt
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 0403 Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa
- 0403 20 00 00 Yogurt
- Not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extract, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers' wares
- Other, of a fat content, by weight
- 0403 20 33 00 Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6%
What you pay
Importing into UK
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 3
- Import controlVeterinary control
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/782
- Documents
- C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
- N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Y930 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control of organic products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/693
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 0.1 GBP / kg/lactic matter + 17 GBP / 100 kg |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreementQuota | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreementQuota | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreementQuota | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreementQuota | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | 0 GBP / kg / lactic matter + 17 GBP / 100 kg |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico | 0.02 GBP / kg / lactic matter + 3.4 GBP / 100 kg |
| UK–Australia agreementQuota | Australia | 0.03 GBP / kg / lactic matter + 5.67 GBP / 100 kg |
Footnotes
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of:
(a) the execution until 26 September 2014, of trade contracts concluded before 25 June 2014, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal persons, entity or body seeking to perform the contract have notified, at least 10 working days in advance, the activity or transaction to the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.
(b) goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 374/2014, as retained in UK Law, or in accordance with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
UK: imports by month · HS 0403.20
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £239m | 48.1% | +42.8% | |
| £64m | 12.9% | -5.8% | |
| £62m | 12.5% | +1.7% | |
| £39.7m | 8% | -11.3% | |
| £38.5m | 7.7% | -0.5% | |
| £14.3m | 2.9% | +5.5% | |
| £14.2m | 2.9% | +114.5% | |
| £7.8m | 1.6% | +576% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
0403.20 Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir: yogurt
UK lines: 0403.20
- 0403 20 11 00Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: not exceeding 3%
- 0403 20 13 00Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6%
- 0403 20 19 00Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: exceeding 6%
- 0403 20 31 00Other, of a fat content, by weight: not exceeding 3%
- 0403 20 33 00Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6%
- 0403 20 39 00Other, of a fat content, by weight: exceeding 6%
- 0403 20 41 00Containing, by weight, less than 1.5% milkfat, 5% sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5% glucose or starch
- 0403 20 49 33Containing less than 70% of sucrose (including invert sugar expessed as sucrose)
- 0403 20 49 36Containing 60% or more by weight of sucrose: other
- 0403 20 49 90Containing added chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee: other, other
- 0403 20 51 00In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milkfat: not exceeding 1.5%
- 0403 20 53 00Exceeding 1.5% but not exceeding 27%
- 0403 20 59 00In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milkfat: exceeding 27%
- 0403 20 91 00Other, of a milkfat content, by weight: not exceeding 3%
- 0403 20 93 00Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6%
- 0403 20 99 00Other, of a milkfat content, by weight: exceeding 6%
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:
(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;
(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:
(a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more;
(b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and
(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);
(b) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702);
(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
(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).
Code history
Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 0403.10, 1901.90.
Commodity code 0403 20 33 00 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 0403.20 (yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir: yogurt).
The third-country duty is a specific or compound duty: 0.10 GBP / kg/lactic matter + 17.00 GBP / 100 kg.
139 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of 0.1 GBP / kg/lactic matter + 17 GBP / 100 kg.
Imports of yogurt (HS 0403.20) into the UK came to £497.2m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 21% on the year before); Greece supplied 48%, followed by Belgium.
For the same subheading, 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 Taiwan duty is 15%, the GCC duty is 5%, the North Macedonia duty is 5%–25% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 0403.20 worth US$500m in 2024; the largest supplier was Greece.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 0403 20 33 00?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 0.10 GBP / kg/lactic matter + 17.00 GBP / 100 kg. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 0403 20 33 00?
161 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 139 of them at 0%, under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union and DCTS Enhanced and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
For subheading 0403.20 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Greece (US$155m), followed by France.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.