UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 4016.99
4016 99 52 90: Other vulcanised rubber articles: For motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705: rubber-to-metal bonded parts, other
Other vulcanised rubber articles
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 4016 Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber
- Other
- 4016 99 00 00 Other
- For motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705
- 4016 99 52 00 Rubber-to-metal bonded parts
- 4016 99 52 90 Other
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.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Import requirements 1
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 2% |
| 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–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | 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–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 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–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | 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 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 |
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 4016.99
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | £54.1m | 17.5% | -11.3% |
 Germany | £44.1m | 14.2% | -2.3% |
 United States | £40m | 12.9% | -1.3% |
 Poland | £37.7m | 12.2% | -7% |
 France | £15.7m | 5.1% | +11.1% |
 Türkiye | £14.8m | 4.8% | +1.6% |
 India | £13.9m | 4.5% | -3.8% |
 Italy | £11.2m | 3.6% | +4.6% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
4016.99 Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber: other, other
EU 2.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Türkiye 2.5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines USA Free – 4.3% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 2.4% 
Canada Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 4.9% 
Mexico Free – 10% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 1.5% 
Brazil Free – 16% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 8% 
Argentina Free – 16% Third-country duty 31 tariff lines · average 15.5% 
Peru Free – 6% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 4.3% 
New Zealand Free – 10% Third-country duty 26 tariff lines · average 4% · 1× specific or compound duty 
Japan Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Taiwan 7.5% – 10% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 8.8% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 2.5% – 5% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 3.8% 
Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 4016.99
- 4016 99 52 10Hanger of the exhaust muffler consisting of: -a steel bracket with at least one mounting hole and -silent block, for use in the manufacture of goods of chapter 87
- 4016 99 52 90For motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705: rubber-to-metal bonded parts, other
- 4016 99 57 10Air intake hose for air supply to the combustion part of the engine comprising at least: - one flexible rubber hose, - one plastic hose, and - metal clips, - whether or not a resonator for use in the manufacture of goods of chapter 87
- 4016 99 57 40Wiper rubber used in the manufacture of windshield wipers, -made of a mixture of natural rubber and chloroprene rubber -with a shore hardness of 60a
- 4016 99 57 90For motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705: other, other
- 4016 99 91 10For technical uses, for use in civil aircraft
- 4016 99 91 90Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber: other, other, other, rubber-to-metal bonded parts, other
- 4016 99 97 10For technical uses, for use in civil aircraft
- 4016 99 97 30Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber: other, other, other, other, tyre moulding bladder
- 4016 99 97 90Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber: other, other, other, 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.
- N363957 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of kneepads from Vietnam
- H338608 U.S. CBP
Application for Further Review of Protest No. 4197-24-107768; Classification of a Bearing Shock Mount
- N356978 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of walker tips from China
- N355209 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a headset boom support from China
- 600014701 HMRC
The product is a rubber bellow, a component for a mechanical seal assembly. The black moulded elastomer forms the secondary sealing interface between the mechanical seal assembly and the equipment being sealed. The bellow (without the metal spring) is manufactured from nitrile butadiene rubber…
- 600014703 HMRC
The product is a rubber bellow, a component for a mechanical seal assembly. The black moulded unthreaded elastomer forms the secondary sealing interface between the mechanical seal assembly and the equipment being sealed. The bellow (without the metal spring) is manufactured from Ethylene…
- 600014702 HMRC
The product is a rubber bellow, a component for a mechanical seal assembly. The black moulded elastomer forms the secondary sealing interface between the mechanical seal assembly and the equipment being sealed. The bellow (without the metal spring) is manufactured from tetrafluoroethylene…
- 600015087 HMRC
A P shaped article, that is used to manufacture pylon seals within the aircraft industry. The part is unfinished and will be further processed to produce a finished seal. The item is made of vulcanised rubber.
79 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Commodity code 4016 99 52 90 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 4016.99 (other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber: other, other).
The third-country duty is 2%.
174 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 2%.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of other vulcanised rubber articles (HS 4016.99) into the UK came to £309.7m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 6% on the year before); China supplied 18%, followed by Germany.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 2.5%, the Türkiye duty is 2.5%, the US duty is 0%–4.3%, the Canada duty is 0%–6.5%, the Mexico duty is 0%–10%, the Brazil duty is 0%–16%, the Argentina duty is 0%–16%, the Peru duty is 0%–6%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–10%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 7.5%–10%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 2.5%–5% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 4016.99 worth US$425m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 4016 99 52 90?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 2%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 4016 99 52 90?
174 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 174 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 4016 99 52 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 4016.99 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$76m), followed by Germany.
Typical products
- Boot covers / overshoes - made of plastic or rubber, disposable (PPE)
- dog toy, rubber
- gnomes, rubber
- latex fishing bands
- rubber bands
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.