0804 10 00 Dates

Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried: › Dates

Duty rate for goods from outside the EU

7.7% of the customs value

Valid since 1 July 2000

Other measures can apply depending on the country of origin, for example preferences, quotas or anti-dumping duties. Check the TARIC for your case.

Import VAT, standard rate

  • Netherlands: 21%
  • Germany: 19%
  • France: 20%
  • Belgium: 21%

Standard rate. A reduced rate can apply to some goods.

TARIC subdivisions (10 digits)

  • 0804 10 00 30 Dates, fresh or dried, for use in the manufacture (excluding packing) of products of drink or food industries (can be declared)
  • 0804 10 00 91 Other
  • 0804 10 00 91 In immediate containers of a net capacity not exceeding|35|kg (can be declared)
  • 0804 10 00 99 Other (can be declared)

Notes of the nomenclature

Section II: Note

1. In this section, the term ‘pellets’ means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight.

Chapter 08: Notes

1. This chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits.

2. Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified in the same headings as the corresponding fresh fruits and nuts.

3. Dried fruit or dried nuts of this chapter may be partially rehydrated, or treated for the following purposes:

(a) for additional preservation or stabilisation (for example, by moderate heat treatment, sulphuring, the addition of sorbic acid or potassium sorbate),

(b) to improve or maintain their appearance (for example, by the addition of vegetable oil or small quantities of glucose syrup),

4. Heading 0812 applies to fruit and nuts which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.

Chapter 08: Additional notes

1. The content of various sugars expressed as sucrose (sugar content) of the products classified in this chapter corresponds to the figure indicated by a refractometer (used in accordance with the method prescribed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 974/2014) at a temperature of 20 °C and multiplied by the factor 0,95.

2. For the purposes of subheadings 08119011, 08119031 and 08119085, ‘tropical fruit’ means guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws (papayas), tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodilla plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya.

3. For the purposes of subheadings 08119011, 08119031, 08119085, 08129070 and 08135031, ‘tropical nuts’ means coconuts, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts, areca (or betel), cola and macadamia nuts.

Indicative only. The binding ruling comes from customs.

Data as of 6 October 2026. Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Regulation (EU) 2025/1926).

European Commission data, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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