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Commodity 0406200000

Commodity
0406200000
Classification
Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds
Commodity valid from
1 January 1972
Supplementary unit

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Supplementary units are used when an additional measurement unit is needed on customs declarations. For example: the quantity of the products as well as the weight in kilograms.
Date of trade
2 June 2026
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Importing into the UK

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Import controls

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Country Measure type Conditions Legal base Footnotes
All countries (1011)
excluding European Union, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Import control of organic products
All third countries (1008) Veterinary control
Ukraine (UA) Restriction on entry into free circulation

Import duties

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Country Measure type Duty rate Conditions Legal base Footnotes
All countries (1011) Third country duty £157.00 / 100 kg
Channel Islands (1080) UK-CD Customs Union n/a
CARIFORUM (1033) Tariff preference 0.00%
CPTPP All Members (2051)
excluding Canada, Mexico
Tariff preference £99.90 / 100 kg
Central America (2200) Tariff preference 0.00%
Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) - Comprehensive Preferences (1062) Tariff preference 0.00%
Eastern and Southern Africa States (1034)
excluding Comoros
Tariff preference 0.00%
European Union (1013) Tariff preference 0.00%
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) (2080) Tariff preference 0.00%
SADC EPA (1035) Tariff preference 0.00%
Albania (AL) Tariff preference 0.00%
Australia (AU) Tariff preference £52.33 / 100 kg
Cameroon (CM) Tariff preference 0.00%
Canada (CA) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ceuta (XC) Tariff preference 0.00%
Colombia (CO) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ecuador (EC) Tariff preference 0.00%
Egypt (EG) Tariff preference 0.00%
Fiji (FJ) Tariff preference 0.00%
Georgia (GE) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ghana (GH) Tariff preference 0.00%
Israel (IL) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ivory Coast (CI) Tariff preference 0.00%
Jordan (JO) Tariff preference 0.00%
Kenya (KE) Tariff preference 0.00%
Kosovo (XK) Tariff preference 0.00%
Lebanon (LB) Tariff preference 0.00%
Liechtenstein (LI) Tariff preference 0.00%
Melilla (XL) Tariff preference 0.00%
Moldova (MD) Tariff preference 0.00%
Morocco (MA) Tariff preference 0.00%
New Zealand (NZ) Tariff preference £52.33 / 100 kg
North Macedonia (MK) Tariff preference 0.00%
Palestine (PS) Tariff preference 0.00%
Papua New Guinea (PG) Tariff preference 0.00%
Peru (PE) Tariff preference 0.00%
Samoa (WS) Tariff preference 0.00%
San Marino (SM) Tariff preference 0.00%
Serbia (XS) Tariff preference 0.00%
Singapore (SG) Tariff preference 0.00%
Solomon Islands (SB) Tariff preference 0.00%
South Africa (ZA) Tariff preference 0.00%
South Korea (KR) Tariff preference 0.00%
Switzerland (CH) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ukraine (UA) Tariff preference 0.00%
Vietnam (VN) Tariff preference 0.00%

Quotas

Quotas allow a limited amount of goods to be imported at a lower duty rate. Once the quota has been used up, you will revert to the out-of-quota rate, which may be the third-country duty or a preferential rate.

Quotas can be non-preferential (open to many countries) or preferential (restricted to a particular trading partner).

Country Measure type Duty rate Conditions Legal base Footnotes
Australia (AU) Preferential tariff quota
054975 
0.00%
Chile (CL) Preferential tariff quota
051924 

Quota order number 051924

Balance (as of 2 Jun 2026) 534,000.000 Kilogram (kg)
Opening balance 534,000.000 Kilogram (kg)
Pending balance Kilogram (kg) remains available from the previous quota period. This will be transferred to the current quota period c. 20 working days after the end of the previous quota period.
Status Open
Start and end dates 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Last allocation date n/a
Suspension / blocking periods n/a

The status given is correct at the time of the ‘last allocation’. Quota allocations are processed daily (excluding weekends and bank holidays), and the updated balance will be displayed on the Online Tariff Tool the next working day. The information provided within this tool is the most up-to-date information that HMRC can provide at any given time.

0.00%
New Zealand (NZ) Preferential tariff quota
059725 

Quota order number 059725

Balance (as of 2 Jun 2026) 35,135,306.880 Kilogram (kg)
Opening balance 42,000,000.000 Kilogram (kg)
Pending balance Kilogram (kg) remains available from the previous quota period. This will be transferred to the current quota period c. 20 working days after the end of the previous quota period.
Status Open
Start and end dates 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Last allocation date 29 May 2026
Suspension / blocking periods n/a

The status given is correct at the time of the ‘last allocation’. Quota allocations are processed daily (excluding weekends and bank holidays), and the updated balance will be displayed on the Online Tariff Tool the next working day. The information provided within this tool is the most up-to-date information that HMRC can provide at any given time.

0.00%
Norway (NO) Preferential tariff quota
059179 

Quota order number 059179

Balance (as of 2 Jun 2026) 384,740.675 Kilogram (kg)
Opening balance 513,000.000 Kilogram (kg)
Pending balance Kilogram (kg) remains available from the previous quota period. This will be transferred to the current quota period c. 20 working days after the end of the previous quota period.
Status Open
Start and end dates 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Last allocation date 27 May 2026
Suspension / blocking periods n/a

The status given is correct at the time of the ‘last allocation’. Quota allocations are processed daily (excluding weekends and bank holidays), and the updated balance will be displayed on the Online Tariff Tool the next working day. The information provided within this tool is the most up-to-date information that HMRC can provide at any given time.

0.00%
Peru (PE) Preferential tariff quota
057213 

Quota order number 057213

Balance (as of 2 Jun 2026) 817,000.000 Kilogram (kg)
Opening balance 817,000.000 Kilogram (kg)
Pending balance Kilogram (kg) remains available from the previous quota period. This will be transferred to the current quota period c. 20 working days after the end of the previous quota period.
Status Open
Start and end dates 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Last allocation date n/a
Suspension / blocking periods n/a

The status given is correct at the time of the ‘last allocation’. Quota allocations are processed daily (excluding weekends and bank holidays), and the updated balance will be displayed on the Online Tariff Tool the next working day. The information provided within this tool is the most up-to-date information that HMRC can provide at any given time.

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Import VAT and excise

Country Measure type Duty rate Conditions Legal base Footnotes
Areas subject to VAT or Excise (1400) Value added tax Additional code: VATZ VAT zero rate 0.00%

Exporting from the UK

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Non-preferential rules of origin

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Notes for commodity 0406200000

Chapter notes

  1. The expression ‘milk’ means full-cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.

  2. For the purposes of heading 0403, yogurt may be concentrated or flavoured and may contain added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extracts, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers’ wares, provided that any added substance is not used for the purpose of replacing, in whole or in part, any milk constituent, and the product retains the essential character of yogurt.

  3. For the purposes of heading 0405:

    • (a) the term ‘butter’ means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk, with a milkfat content of 80 % or more but not more than 95 % by weight, a maximum milk solids-not-fat content of 2 % by weight and a maximum water content of 16 % by weight. Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food colours, neutralising salts and cultures of harmless lactic-acid-producing bacteria;

    • (b) the expression ‘dairy spreads’ means a spreadable emulsion of the water-in-oil type, containing milkfat as the only fat in the product, with a milkfat content of 39 % or more but less than 80 % by weight.

  4. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the three following characteristics:

    • (a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more;

    • (b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and

    • (c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.

  5. This chapter does not cover:

    • (a) non-living insects, unfit for human consumption (heading 0511);

    • (b) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702);

    • (c) products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for example, butyric fats) by another substance (for example, oleic fats) (heading 1901 or 2106); or

    • (d) albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter) (heading 3502) or globulins (heading 3504).

  6. For the purposes of heading 0410, the term “insects” means edible non-living insects, whole or in parts, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, smoked, salted or in brine, as well as flours and meals of insects, fit for human consumption. However, it does not cover edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally Section IV).

Subheading notes

  1. For the purposes of subheading 0404 10, the expression ‘modified whey’ means products consisting of whey constituents, that is, whey from which all or part of the lactose, proteins or minerals have been removed, whey to which natural whey constituents have been added, and products obtained by mixing natural whey constituents.

  2. For the purposes of subheading 0405 10, the term ‘butter’ does not include dehydrated butter or ghee (subheading 0405 90).

Additional chapter notes

  1. For the purposes of subheadings 0408 11 and 0408 19, the following applies:

    the expression ‘otherwise preserved’ applies also to egg yolks with limited amounts of salt (in general, an amount of up to around 12 % by weight) or minor amounts of chemicals added for preservation purposes, provided that both of the following conditions are fulfilled:

    (i) the products retain the character of egg yolks of subheadings 0408 11 and 0408 19;

    (ii) salt or chemicals are not used at a level higher than is necessary for the purposes of preservation.

  2. Dairy produce of Chapter 4 includes dairy permeates, which are milk products characterised by a high content of lactose and obtained by removing milk fats and milk proteins from milk, whey, cream and/or sweet buttermilk, and/or from similar raw material by ultrafiltration or other processing techniques.

  3. For the purposes of subheadings 0404 10 and 0404 90 the following applies:

    Milk permeate and whey permeate can be analytically distinguished by the presence of substances (e.g. lactic acid, lactates and glycomacropeptides) which are associated with whey production. Subheading 0404 10 includes ‘whey permeate’ which is a product with generally a slightly sour smell, obtained from whey or mixtures of natural whey constituents by ultrafiltration or other processing techniques.

    The presence of substances associated with whey production (e.g. lactic acid, lactates and glycomacropeptides) is a condition for the classification of whey permeates into that subheading. Subheading 0404 90 includes ‘milk permeate’ which is a product with generally a milky smell obtained from milk by ultrafiltration or other processing techniques. The quantitatively limited level or absence of lactic acid and lactates (lower than 0.1 % by weight, in milk permeates in powder form, or lower than 0.015% by weight in milk permeates in liquid form) as well as the absence of glycomacropeptides, are the conditions for the classification of milk permeates into subheading 0404 90. The method to be used for the detection of lactates shall be the ISO 8069:2005 method and the method to detect rennet whey (i.e. the presence of caseinomacropeptides such as glycomacropeptides) shall be the UK equivalent method to that set out in Appendix II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/150).

  4. The term “unfit for human consumption” as regards codes 0408 11 20, 0408 19 20, 0408 91 20 and 0408 99 20 applies when:

    • the goods are homogeneously mixed with one of the denaturants shown in column 1 of the table below in the quantities indicated in column 2 and

    • separation of the goods and the denaturant is not economically viable.

    Denaturant Minimum quantity to be used (in g) per 100 kg of denatured product
    (1) (2)
    Spirit of turpentine 500
    Essence of lavender 100
    Oil of rosemary 150
    Birch oil 100
  5. The duty rate applicable to mixtures falling in heading 0401 to 0406 can be found in Part Four, General Rule 1 of this document.

Section notes

  1. Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species.

  2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the nomenclature any reference to ‘dried’ products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried.

General Rules for the Interpretation of goods

Classification of goods in the Tariff shall be governed by the following principles:

Rule 1

The titles of sections, chapters and sub-chapters are provided for ease of reference only. For legal purposes, classification shall be determined according to the terms of the headings and any relative section or chapter notes and, provided such headings or notes do not otherwise require, according to the following provisions.

Rule 2

  1. Any reference in a heading to an article shall be taken to include a reference to that article incomplete or unfinished, provided that, as presented, the incomplete or unfinished article has the essential character of the complete or finished article. It shall also be taken to include a reference to that article complete or finished (or falling to be classified as complete or finished by virtue of this rule), presented unassembled or disassembled.
  2. Any reference in a heading to a material or substance shall be taken to include a reference to mixtures or combinations of that material or substance with other materials or substances. Any reference to goods of a given material or substance shall be taken to include a reference to goods consisting wholly or partly of such material or substance. The classification of goods consisting of more than one material or substance shall be according to the principles of rule 3.

Rule 3

When, by application of rule 2(b) or for any other reason, goods are prima facie classifiable under two or more headings, classification shall be effected as follows:

  1. the heading which provides the most specific description shall be preferred to headings providing a more general description. However, when two or more headings each refer to part only of the materials or substances contained in mixed or composite goods or to part only of the items in a set put up for retail sale, those headings are to be regarded as equally specific in relation to those goods, even if one of them gives a more complete or precise description of the goods;
  2. mixtures, composite goods consisting of different materials or made up of different components, and goods put up in sets for retail sale, which cannot be classified by reference to 3(a), shall be classified as if they consisted of the material or component which gives them their essential character, insofar as this criterion is applicable;
  3. when goods cannot be classified by reference to 3(a) or (b), they shall be classified under the heading which occurs last in numerical order among those which equally merit consideration.
Rule 4

Goods which cannot be classified in accordance with the above rules shall be classified under the heading appropriate to the goods to which they are most akin.

Rule 5

In addition to the foregoing provisions, the following rules shall apply in respect of the goods referred to therein:

  1. camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, drawing-instrument cases, necklace cases and similar containers, specially shaped or fitted to contain a specific article or set of articles, suitable for long-term use and presented with the articles for which they are intended, shall be classified with such articles when of a kind normally sold therewith. This rule does not, however, apply to containers which give the whole its essential character;
  2. subject to the provisions of rule 5(a), packing materials and packing containers ( 1 ) presented with the goods therein shall be classified with the goods if they are of a kind normally used for packing such goods. However, this provision is not binding when such packing materials or packing containers are clearly suitable for repetitive use.

Rule 6

For legal purposes, the classification of goods in the subheadings of a heading shall be determined according to the terms of those subheadings and any related subheading notes and, mutatis mutandis, to the above rules, on the understanding that only subheadings at the same level are comparable. For the purposes of this rule, the relative section and chapter notes also apply, unless the context requires otherwise.

Code Description
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK Law, it shall be prohibited to import into European Union goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol.
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

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