UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 6912.00
6912 00 21 19: Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: tableware and kitchenware, of common pottery, hand-made, other
Ceramic tableware (non-porcelain)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 6912 Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china
- Tableware and kitchenware
- 6912 00 21 00 Of common pottery
- Hand-made
- 6912 00 21 19 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 suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Import requirements 2
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/707, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control - Waste
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/590
- Documents
- C672 Information document accompanying shipments of waste as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 18 and Annex VII
- C669 Notification document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 - Article 5 and Annex IA
- Y923 Product not subjected to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157
- C670 Movement document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 5 and Annex IB
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 4% |
| 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 6912.00
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | £125.5m | 72.7% | -4.2% |
 Portugal | £14.1m | 8.2% | -1.8% |
 Thailand | £10.5m | 6.1% | -24.6% |
 Italy | £2.9m | 1.7% | +42.6% |
 Romania | £2.7m | 1.6% | +0% |
 France | £2.3m | 1.3% | +7.5% |
 Spain | £2.2m | 1.3% | +3.3% |
 Japan | £1.6m | 0.9% | +8.2% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU 5% – 9% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 6.6% 
Türkiye 5% – 9% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 7.1% 
USA 0.7% – 28% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines · average 8.7% 
Canada Free – 7% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 4.2% 
Mexico 15% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Brazil 18% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 20% Third-country duty 18 tariff lines 
Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand 5% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines Japan 2.3% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 7.5% – 10% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 8.8% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 15% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines UK lines: 6912.00
- 6912 00 21 11Tableware and kitchenware, excluding condiment or spice mills and their ceramic grinding parts, coffee mills, knife sharpeners, sharpeners, kitchen tools to be used for cutting, grinding, grating, slicing, scraping and peeling, cordierite ceramic pizza-stones of a kind used for baking pizza or bread
- 6912 00 21 19Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: tableware and kitchenware, of common pottery, hand-made, other
- 6912 00 21 91Tableware and kitchenware, excluding condiment or spice mills and their ceramic grinding parts, coffee mills, knife sharpeners, sharpeners, kitchen tools to be used for cutting, grinding, grating, slicing, scraping and peeling, cordierite ceramic pizza-stones of a kind used for baking pizza or bread
- 6912 00 21 99Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: tableware and kitchenware, of common pottery, other, other
- 6912 00 23 10Tableware and kitchenware, excluding condiment or spice mills and their ceramic grinding parts, coffee mills, knife sharpeners, sharpeners, kitchen tools to be used for cutting, grinding, grating, slicing, scraping and peeling, cordierite ceramic pizza-stones of a kind used for baking pizza or bread
- 6912 00 23 90Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: tableware and kitchenware, stoneware, other
- 6912 00 25 10Tableware and kitchenware, excluding condiment or spice mills and their ceramic grinding parts, coffee mills, knife sharpeners, sharpeners, kitchen tools to be used for cutting, grinding, grating, slicing, scraping and peeling, cordierite ceramic pizza-stones of a kind used for baking pizza or bread
- 6912 00 25 90Earthenware or fine pottery: other
- 6912 00 29 10Tableware and kitchenware, excluding condiment or spice mills and their ceramic grinding parts, coffee mills, knife sharpeners, sharpeners, kitchen tools to be used for cutting, grinding, grating, slicing, scraping and peeling, cordierite ceramic pizza-stones of a kind used for baking pizza or bread
- 6912 00 29 90Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: tableware and kitchenware, other, other
- 6912 00 81 10Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: other, of common pottery, hand-made
- 6912 00 81 90Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: other, of common pottery, other
- 6912 00 83 00Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: other, stoneware
- 6912 00 85 00Earthenware or fine pottery
- 6912 00 89 00Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles: 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.
- N361199 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a cowboy boot cup from China
- N360981 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of two ceramic cups from China
- N357549 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a ceramic mug and handled ceramic cups from China
- N357308 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a ceramic toothbrush holder from China
- 600015436 HMRC
The item is a dog bowl for food and water. The round bowl has a glossy ruby red finish with gold details and a flanged base. The bowl is made from a composite material comprising of 60% recycled ceramics and 40% stoneware. The recycled ceramic component is derived from post-consumer ceramic waste…
- 600015174 HMRC
Ramen Gift Set that contains 2 sets. Each set contains nongshim shin spicy ramen, furikake seasoning, wasabi flavour soy sauce, honey ginger flavour hot sauce, ceramic stoneware bowl and chopsticks. The nongshim shin spicy ramen contains the following ingredients: noodles (wheat flour, potato…
- 600014925 HMRC
A mug made from ceramic stoneware. The mug comes with a coloured card retail insert with the words " Plant pot mug". The main body of the mug is an earthy terracotta colour and has a reactive glaze on the upper rim of the product. There is a white disc on the front face of the mug, written in black…
- 600014092 HMRC
A white drinking mug featuring a vertical red striped patterned design on the outside. Made from stoneware. Packaged together with an identical mug and a small melamine tray with raised edges, of the same pattern, which is designed for the two mugs to fit comfortably onto.
115 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Commodity code 6912 00 21 19 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 6912.00 (ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles).
The third-country duty is 4%.
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 4%.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of ceramic tableware (non-porcelain) (HS 6912.00) into the UK came to £172.6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 4% on the year before); China supplied 73%, followed by Portugal.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 5%–9%, the Türkiye duty is 5%–9%, the US duty is 0.7%–28%, the Canada duty is 0%–7%, the Mexico duty is 15%, the Brazil duty is 18%, the Argentina duty is 20%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 2.3%, 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 15% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 6912.00 worth US$90m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 6912 00 21 19?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 4%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 6912 00 21 19?
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 6912 00 21 19?
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 6912.00 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$26m), followed by Portugal.
Typical products
- bowls, common pottery
- bowls, earthenware
- ceramic jug, pitcher
- jugs, of common pottery
- mug, subliminal printed
- salt and pepper grinder (ceramic grinding plates)
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.