UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 7220.20
7220 20 81 10: Cold-rolled stainless strip under 600 mm: 2.5% or more of nickel: consigned from Taiwan or Vietnam
Cold-rolled stainless strip under 600 mm
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 7220 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600 mm
- 7220 20 00 00 Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)
- Of a thickness not exceeding 0.35 mm, containing by weight
- 7220 20 81 00 2.5% or more of nickel
- 7220 20 81 10 Consigned from Taiwan or Vietnam
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. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- 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 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia, Syria, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 748, S.I. 2019/855, S.I. 2019/792, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9024
- 9011
- 9022
- 9038
- 9063
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, S.I. 2019/411, 2020 No. 1665, S.I. 2019/855
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 37 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, 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 |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Comoros, 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 |
| 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
TN057 The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 impose trade restrictions on certain goo…
TN207 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 impose tr…
TN209 The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 impose trade restrictions on cer…
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
TN702 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 1351/2014 (OJ L365, p. 46), the export of good…
(a) to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Crimea or Sevastopol, or
(b) for use in Crimea or Sevastopol.
The prohibitions shall be without prejudice to the execution until 21 March 2015 of an obligation arising from a contract concluded before 20 December 2014, or by ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the competent authority has been informed at least five working days in advance.
When related to the use in Crimea or Sevastopol, the prohibitions do not apply where there are no reasonable grounds to determine that the goods and technology or the services are to be used in Crimea or Sevastopol.
UK: imports by month · HS 7220.20
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden | £23.8m | 24.8% | +4.5% |
 Germany | £16.7m | 17.4% | -10.1% |
 Finland | £11.3m | 11.8% | -1.8% |
 France | £7.4m | 7.7% | +0.8% |
 Italy | £6.5m | 6.8% | +11.4% |
 China | £6.5m | 6.8% | -9.6% |
 United States | £4.5m | 4.7% | +0.2% |
 Belgium | £4m | 4.1% | -4.4% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
7220.20 Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)
EU Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free – 12% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · average 10% USA Free General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Canada Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Mexico 20% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Brazil Free – 12.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 6.3% 
Argentina Free – 2% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 1% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Japan Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Taiwan Free Third-country duty 7 tariff lines 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 7220.20
- 7220 20 21 102.5% or more of nickel: consigned from Taiwan or Vietnam
- 7220 20 21 202.5% or more of nickel: consigned from Türkiye
- 7220 20 21 902.5% or more of nickel: other
- 7220 20 29 10Less than 2.5% of nickel: consigned from Taiwan or Vietnam
- 7220 20 29 20Less than 2.5% of nickel: consigned from Türkiye
- 7220 20 29 90Less than 2.5% of nickel: other
- 7220 20 41 102.5% or more of nickel: consigned from Taiwan or Vietnam
- 7220 20 41 202.5% or more of nickel: consigned from Türkiye
- 7220 20 41 902.5% or more of nickel: other
- 7220 20 49 10Less than 2.5% of nickel: consigned from Taiwan or Vietnam
- 7220 20 49 20Less than 2.5% of nickel: consigned from Türkiye
- 7220 20 49 90Less than 2.5% of nickel: other
- 7220 20 81 102.5% or more of nickel: consigned from Taiwan or Vietnam
- 7220 20 81 202.5% or more of nickel: consigned from Türkiye
- 7220 20 81 902.5% or more of nickel: other
- 7220 20 89 10Less than 2.5% of nickel: consigned from Taiwan or Vietnam
- 7220 20 89 20Less than 2.5% of nickel: consigned from Türkiye
- 7220 20 89 90Less than 2.5% of nickel: 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.
- N338337 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of stainless steel strip from Germany
- N326587 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of stainless steel strip welding electrode material from Belgium and China
- N324516 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of flat-rolled stainless steel from Germany, Italy, China or Romania
- N301406 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of stainless steel suspension foil from Japan
- 600009122 HMRC
Thin Cut-to-Order Sheets of Stainless Steel used for tooling in the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCB). The sheets are made from 301 or 304 grade cold rolled stainless steel and cut from a coil of steel on a bespoke cut-to-length line based on customer dimensions and specifications. The…
Legal notes
Commodity code 7220 20 81 10 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 7220.20 (not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)).
The third-country duty is free.
156 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 Free.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of cold-rolled stainless strip under 600 mm (HS 7220.20) into the UK came to £95.9m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 1% on the year before); Sweden supplied 25%, followed by Germany.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 0%–12%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 0%–12.6%, the Argentina duty is 0%–2%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 7220.20 worth US$115m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 7220 20 81 10?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is free. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 7220 20 81 10?
156 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 156 of them at 0%, under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union and CARIFORUM 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 7220 20 81 10?
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 7220.20 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$29m), followed by Sweden.