EU Customs Tariff: 2020 update
What nomenclatures have changed in the European customs tariff in 2020?
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As every year, the 8-digit Combined Nomenclature changed on January 1. The new customs tariff was published in the OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) n°L 280, on October 31, 2019.
- The EU Customs Tariff 2020 can be downloaded here on the EUR-Lex website.
The following chapters of the Customs Tariff 2020 contain changes and innovations to customs codes:
- Chapter 22: Beverages, spirits and vinegar
- Chapter 37 : Photographic and cinematographic products
- Chapter 71 : Natural and cultured pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals, […] including synthetic and reconstructed stones (HS 4 7104)
- Chapter 85 : Electrical machinery, apparatus and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
- Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical and surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof.
- Chapter 99 : certain specific codes in the Combined Nomenclature, such as trousseaux, coffins, or goods sent to charitable and philanthropic organizations or for the benefit of disaster victims.
More information on customs codes and tariffs
- Customs codes: what you need to know when trading with the EU
- How to check your customs codes and tariffs in 2025?
- Check the changes in European Union tariffs in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
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Hélène Plaquet, MATHEZ FREIGHT