UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 8302.30
8302 30 00 20: Base metal fittings for motor vehicles: Two cold-formed steel supports: - with a length of 120mm or more but not more than 180mm, - with a width of 50mm or more but not more than 80mm, - with a height of 35mm or more but not more than 80mm, - with a movable riveted connection, - with or without elastomeric bumper, - forming a mechanism for indirect movement of the mechanism of the longitudinal positioner of car seats, interacting with the safety latch, - attached to the mechanism of the longitudinal positioner by means of a detachable screw connection, riveting, welding or spot welding
Base metal fittings for motor vehicles
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8302 Base-metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like; base-metal hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures; castors with mountings of base metal; automatic door closers of base metal
- 8302 30 00 00 Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles
- 8302 30 00 20 Two cold-formed steel supports: - with a length of 120mm or more but not more than 180mm, - with a width of 50mm or more but not more than 80mm, - with a height of 35mm or more but not more than 80mm, - with a movable riveted connection, - with or without elastomeric bumper, - forming a mechanism for indirect movement of the mechanism of the longitudinal positioner of car seats, interacting with the safety latch, - attached to the mechanism of the longitudinal positioner by means of a detachable screw connection, riveting, welding or spot welding
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
- Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/855, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9064
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| 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 8302.30
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Türkiye | £52.2m | 25.3% | -12.9% |
 China | £34.6m | 16.8% | +1.1% |
 Germany | £28.4m | 13.8% | -4.3% |
 Slovakia | £23.4m | 11.3% | -7.4% |
 Spain | £9.5m | 4.6% | +2.5% |
 Italy | £7m | 3.4% | +24.6% |
 Czechia | £6m | 2.9% | -41% |
 Netherlands | £5.3m | 2.6% | +10.5% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
8302.30 Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles
EU 2.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 2.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA 2% – 3.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.8% 
Canada Free – 6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3% 
Mexico 25% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Brazil 16% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 16% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
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 2.7% – 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.9% 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 8302.30
- 8302 30 00 20Two cold-formed steel supports: - with a length of 120mm or more but not more than 180mm, - with a width of 50mm or more but not more than 80mm, - with a height of 35mm or more but not more than 80mm, - with a movable riveted connection, - with or without elastomeric bumper, - forming a mechanism for indirect movement of the mechanism of the longitudinal positioner of car seats, interacting with the safety latch, - attached to the mechanism of the longitudinal positioner by means of a detachable screw connection, riveting, welding or spot welding
- 8302 30 00 90Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable: 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.
- N364389 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of two steel protector assemblies from South Korea
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- N340369 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of vehicle components from South Korea
- N327994 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a trailer hitch adapter from China
- 600016245 HMRC
The product is a metal illuminated tread plate. The plate is made from stainless steel with plastic casing to contain the LED lighting. The plate has specific text engraved on it. It is a long metal plate which is attached to the side of the door of a vehicle and lights up when opening the door.…
39 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Notes
1. For the purposes of this chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles. However, articles of iron or steel of heading 7312, 7315, 7317, 7318 or 7320, or similar articles of other base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be taken as parts of articles of this chapter.
2. For the purposes of heading 8302, the word ‘castors’ means those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) not exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the wheel or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.
In the UK Global Tariff, 8302 30 00 20 is one of 2 lines under subheading 8302.30, other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles.
The third-country duty is free.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported base metal fittings for motor vehicles (HS 8302.30) worth £206.4m (down 7% on the year before), at an average of £6.37 per kg; Türkiye supplied 25%, followed by China.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 2.7%, the Türkiye duty is 2.7%, the US duty is 2%–3.5%, the Canada duty is 0%–6%, the Mexico duty is 25%, the Brazil duty is 16%, the Argentina duty is 16%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, 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 2.7%–5% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 8302.30 worth US$287m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 8302 30 00 20?
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 8302 30 00 20?
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 8302 30 00 20?
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 8302.30 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$90m), followed by China.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.