45 CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK

CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK

Duty rate for goods from outside the EU

No duty rate is set for this code.

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.

Codes below this level

  • 4501 Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork:
  • 4502 00 00 Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers)
  • 4503 Articles of natural cork:
  • 4504 Agglomerated cork (with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork:

Notes of the nomenclature

Chapter 45: Note

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) footwear or parts of footwear of Chapter 64;

(b) headgear or parts of headgear of Chapter 65; or

(c) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites).

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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