UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 2004.90
2004 90 98 20: Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: other, including mixtures, other, carrots
Other frozen prepared vegetables
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006
- 2004 90 00 00 Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables
- Other, including mixtures
- 2004 90 98 00 Other
- 2004 90 98 20 Carrots
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) | — | 16% |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | 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–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–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | 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 agreement | 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–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 12.5% |
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 2004.90
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium | £68.4m | 45.5% | +1.6% |
 Netherlands | £27.3m | 18.2% | -6% |
 Spain | £14.9m | 9.9% | +13.7% |
 India | £7.7m | 5.1% | +20.8% |
 Poland | £6.4m | 4.3% | +44% |
 France | £5.4m | 3.6% | -20% |
 Ireland | £5.3m | 3.5% | +10.8% |
 Germany | £4.3m | 2.9% | -29.1% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
2004.90 Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables
EU 14.4% – 19.2% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 16.8% · 1× specific or compound duty 
Türkiye 5.1% – 39% Third-country duty 16 tariff lines · average 35.7% 
USA 3.2% – 11.2% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 7.2% · 1× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free – 17% Third-country duty 11 tariff lines · average 9.8% 
Mexico 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Brazil 12.6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 12.6% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines 
Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand 5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Japan 7.5% – 23.8% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · average 14.3% 
Taiwan 25% – 38.2% Third-country duty 11 tariff lines · average 26.5% · 2× specific or compound duty 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · 12× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · 2× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia 20% – 50% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 38.3% 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 2004.90
- 2004 90 10 00Sweetcorn (zea mays var. saccharata)
- 2004 90 30 10Sauerkraut, capers and olives: sauerkraut
- 2004 90 30 20Sauerkraut, capers and olives: capers
- 2004 90 30 30Sauerkraut, capers and olives: olives
- 2004 90 50 00Peas (pisum sativum) and immature beans of the species phaseolus spp., in pod
- 2004 90 91 00Onions, cooked, not otherwise prepared
- 2004 90 98 10Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: other, including mixtures, other, mixtures
- 2004 90 98 20Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: other, including mixtures, other, carrots
- 2004 90 98 30Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: other, including mixtures, other, asparagus
- 2004 90 98 60Products containing meat in a proportion of 3% up to and including 20% by weight
- 2004 90 98 70Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: other, including mixtures, other, globe artichokes
- 2004 90 98 80Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: other, including mixtures, other, 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.
- N364401 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Frozen Roasted Garlic Cloves from China
- N331652 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of onion rings from India
- N313915 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of frozen Coconut Cauliflower vegetable mix from France
- N313912 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of chick peas vegetable mixture from France
- 600015676 HMRC
Product is a box of frozen cheesy tomato and potato croquettes. They are made from Rehydrated potato, Potato, Cheddar cheese, Tomato paste, Onion, Chickpea flour, Rapeseed oil, Garlic purée, Fortified wheat flour, Wheat gluten, Rapeseed oil, Salt, Cornflour, Raising Agents, Wheat starch, Water,…
- 600015677 HMRC
Product is a box of rainbow shaped breadcrumbed potato vegetable food product. The product is made from rehydrated potato, potato, Fortified wheat flour, Yeast, Salt, Parsley, Rapeseed oil, Chickpea flour, Peas, Courgette, Leek and Garlic purée. They are not cooked before they are frozen then…
- 600015433 HMRC
Frozen sweetcorn fritters and onion and sweetcorn fritters with a sweet chilli dip. These are frozen. There are 8 x20g fritters Ingredients: Sweetcorn, Onion, Cottonseed Oil, Corn Starch, Dried Potato, Wheat Flour, Coriander Leaf, Shallot, Lemon Juice, Garlic, Dried Red Chilli, Lemongrass, Salt,…
- 600013299 HMRC
Product is a box of 80 frozen items that make up an Indian platter. The entire thing weighs 1.2kg and includes 30 approx. onion bhajis totalling 450g, 30 approx. saag aloo pakoras totalling 450g and 20 approx. vegetable samosas totalling 300g. The onion bhajis are made from Onion, Gram flour,…
20 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.
In the UK Global Tariff, 2004 90 98 20 is one of 12 lines under subheading 2004.90, other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables.
The third-country duty is 16%.
Goods from 169 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 16%; 168 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported other frozen prepared vegetables (HS 2004.90) worth £150.3m (up 1% on the year before), at an average of £2.11 per kg; Belgium supplied 46%, followed by Netherlands.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 14.4%–19.2%, the Türkiye duty is 5.1%–39%, the US duty is 3.2%–11.2%, the Canada duty is 0%–17%, 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 7.5%–23.8%, the Taiwan duty is 25%–38.2%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 20%–50% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 2004.90 worth US$205m in 2024; the largest supplier was Belgium.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 2004 90 98 20?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 16%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 2004 90 98 20?
169 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 168 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 2004.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Belgium (US$96m), followed by the Netherlands.