UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 1702.90

1702 90 10 90

1702 90 10 90: Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar: chemically pure maltose, other

Other sugars and syrups (incl. invert sugar)

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 1702 Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel
  2. 1702 90 00 00 Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50% by weight of fructose
  3. 1702 90 10 00 Chemically pure maltose
  4. 1702 90 10 90 Other

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty 12% standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure Import requirements: 2
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Additional duties and charges 1

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    2022 No. 598
    Documents
    • 9014

Import requirements 2

  • 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
    Documents
    • C644 Certificate of inspection for organic products
    • Y929 Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—12%
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more

Afghanistan, 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")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Free
DCTS Enhanced
Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more

Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu

Free
CARIFORUM
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 more

Antigua & 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 more

Anguilla, 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
Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Free
SADC EPA Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia Free
Eastern and Southern Africa States Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe Free
UK–Albania agreementQuota Albania Free
UK–Canada agreement Canada Free
UK–Switzerland agreement Switzerland Free
UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement Côte d’Ivoire Free
UK–Cameroon agreement Cameroon Free
UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement Ceuta & Melilla Free
UK–Ecuador agreement Ecuador Free
UK–Egypt agreement Egypt Free
UK–Fiji agreement Fiji Free
UK–Faroe Islands agreement Faroe Islands Free
UK–Georgia agreement Georgia Free
UK–Ghana agreement Ghana Free
UK–India agreement India Free
UK–Iceland agreement Iceland 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 agreement Liechtenstein Free
UK–Morocco agreement Morocco Free
UK–Moldova agreement Moldova Free
UK–North Macedonia agreementQuota North Macedonia Free
UK–Norway agreement Norway Free
UK–New Zealand agreement New Zealand Free
UK–Peru agreement Peru Free
UK–Papua New Guinea agreement Papua New Guinea Free
UK–Palestinian Territories agreement Palestinian Territories Free
UK–Serbia agreementQuota Serbia Free
UK–Solomon Islands agreement Solomon Islands Free
UK–Singapore agreement Singapore Free
UK–San Marino agreement San Marino Free
UK–Tunisia agreement Tunisia Free
UK–Türkiye agreement Türkiye Free
UK–Ukraine agreement Ukraine Free
UK–Samoa agreement Samoa Free
UK–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
UK–Vietnam agreement Vietnam 1.6%
UK–Australia agreement Australia 6%
CPTPP Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico 7.2%
DCTS Standard Indonesia 8.5%
UK–South Africa agreement South Africa 8.9%

Footnotes

TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…

UK: imports by month · HS 1702.90

last 12 months£85.7m-1% · previous 12 months
Average import price£1.30 per kg
Jan 2024: £8.6mFeb 2024: £6.3mMar 2024: £6.7mApr 2024: £7mMay 2024: £7.5mJun 2024: £7.8mJul 2024: £7.2mAug 2024: £8.1mSept 2024: £7.3mOct 2024: £9.3mNov 2024: £7.4mDec 2024: £4.9mJan 2025: £7.4mFeb 2025: £6.4mMar 2025: £6.8mApr 2025: £6.9mMay 2025: £8.1mJun 2025: £7.1mJul 2025: £7.9mAug 2025: £7.2mSept 2025: £7.8mOct 2025: £7.5mNov 2025: £6.7mDec 2025: £6.3mJan 2026: £8.1mFeb 2026: £7.1mMar 2026: £6.9mApr 2026: £7.4mMay 2026: £7.4mJun 2026: £7.7mJul 2026: £6.7mAug 2026: £6.2m 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
France £35.9m 41.9% +1.3%
Belgium £11.4m 13.3% -21.9%
Netherlands £9m 10.5% -10.9%
China £6m 7% -5.8%
Denmark £5.7m 6.7% +363.4%
Poland £2.8m 3.3% +9.1%
Indonesia £2.5m 2.9% -16.3%
Romania £2.4m 2.8% +9.2%

Same subheading in other tariffs

1702.90 Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose

UK lines: 1702.90

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.

  • N332714 U.S. CBP 31 May 2023 · 1702.90.10.00

    The tariff classification of Golden Syrup from South Africa

  • N330264 U.S. CBP 3 February 2023 · 1702.90.90.00

    The tariff classification of deionized pineapple juice concentrate from Thailand

  • N324972 U.S. CBP 24 June 2022 · 1702.90.40.00

    The Classification and Country of Origin for Liquid Sugar from Canada

  • N320258 U.S. CBP 4 January 2022 · 1702.90.90.00

    The tariff classification of Caramel SWA from France

  • 600015652 HMRC 25 June 2026 – 24 June 2029 · 1702 90 95 00

    Coconut sugar. Made from 100% organic coconut blossom nectar. Brown, fine granules. Produced by evaporating the nectar harvested from the coconut palm flower. Coconut sugar can be used as a direct substitute for white or brown sugar in cooking, baking, and beverages. Packaged in a 25 kg polythene…

  • 600014145 HMRC 3 November 2025 – 2 November 2028 · 1702 90 95 00

    Palm sugar Physical form: cubes packed in sealed retail packs of 260 g net weight each

  • 600012097 HMRC 10 February 2025 – 9 February 2028 · 1702 90 71 00

    Caramel. The method of manufacturing revolves around Mexican craft tradition. The ingredients are combined in specialist copper bowls, brought to the at high temperatures until toughly melted to a thick brown paste. It can be for many culinary uses sweets, deserts etc. The ingredients include…

  • 600010340 HMRC 15 May 2024 – 14 May 2027 · 1702 90 95 00

    A drink made from the 100% natural juice extracted from sugar cane. This is packaged in a 300ml bottle. The product is ready for immediate consumption, ready to drink.

13 rulings in total for this code

Legal notes

Additional notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 17 →

Commodity code 1702 90 10 90 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 1702.90 (other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing…).

The third-country duty is 12%.

163 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 12%.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

Imports of other sugars and syrups (incl. invert sugar) (HS 1702.90) into the UK came to £85.7m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 1% on the year before); France supplied 42%, followed by Belgium.

For the same subheading, the EU duty is 12.8%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–135%, the US duty is 5.1%–6%, the Canada duty is 6%–11%, the Mexico duty is 15%–210.4%, the Brazil duty is 14.4%, the Argentina duty is 16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is 3%–29.8%, the Taiwan duty is 10%–25%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 20%–30% and the Nigeria duty is 5%.

The UK imported goods of subheading 1702.90 worth US$109m in 2024; the largest supplier was France.

Questions and answers

What is the UK import duty for commodity code 1702 90 10 90?

The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 12%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which countries get a lower rate on 1702 90 10 90?

171 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 163 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.

Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 1702 90 10 90?

Additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

For subheading 1702.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was France (US$42m), followed by Belgium.

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