Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products.
The origin of goods determines the duty rate applicable on import into the European Union. Depending on the country of manufacture and the applicable trade agreement, the rate may differ significantly from the MFN (Most Favoured Nation) rate. Proving preferential origin allows importers to benefit from reduced or zero duties under EU free trade agreements.
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Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products.
As specified for split headings
Source : Annex 22-01 DA 2015/2446
1. For the purposes of this residual rule, "mixing" means the deliberate and proportionally controlled operation consisting in bringing together two or more fungible materials. 2. The origin of a mixture of products of this Chapter shall be the country of origin of the materials that account for more than 50% by weight of the mixture. The weight of materials of the same origin shall be taken together. 3. When none of the materials used meet the percentage required, the origin of the mixture shall be the country in which the mixing was carried out. Chapter residual rule: Where the country of origin cannot be determined by application of the primary rules and the other Chapter residual rule[s], the country of origin of the goods shall be the country in which the major portion of the materials originated, as determined on the basis of the weight of the materials.
Section II : VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
Chapter 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
Product-specific list rules from free trade and preference agreements concluded by the EU.
Turkey
Production from non-originating materials of any heading in which the total weight of non-originating materials of heading 1701 and heading 1702 does not exceed 20% of the weight of the product.
CTH
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which the value of all materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product
Algeria
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which the value of all materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product
Caribbean Forum countries (15 states incl. Dominican Republic)
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Caribbean Forum countries (15 states incl. Dominican Republic)
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Cameroon
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 60% of the ex-works price of the product, in accordance with Appendix 2A of the Origin Reference Document.
Cameroon
Manufacture from non- modified mucilages and thickeners.
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Chile
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Chile
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product.
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Cote d'Ivoire
Manufacture from non- modified mucilages and thickeners.
Cote d'Ivoire
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Kenya, Rwanda (others pending ratification)
Manufacture from materials of any heading, in which the weight of sugar used does not exceed 40% of the weight of the final product.
Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Zimbabwe
Manufacture from non- modified mucilages and thickeners.
Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Zimbabwe
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Egypt
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Egypt
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Faroe Islands
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Faroe Islands
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Georgia
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Georgia
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Ghana
Manufacture from non‐modified mucilages and thickeners.
Ghana
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex‐works price of the product.
Israel
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Israel
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Japan
CTH: All non-originating materials used in the production of the good have undergone a change in tariff classification at the 4-digit level (tariff heading).
Jordan
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Jordan
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Kenya
Manufacture from materials of any heading, in which the weight of sugar used does not exceed 40% of the weight of the final product.
Lebanon
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Lebanon
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Mexico
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Mexico
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Moldova
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Moldova
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Morocco
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Morocco
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
New Zealand
CC: All non-originating materials used in the production of the good have undergone a change in tariff classification at the 2-digit level (chapter).
Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 60% of the ex-works price of the product.
Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands
Manufacture from non- modified mucilages and thickeners.
Palestine
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Palestine
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Singapore
Manufacture from materials of any heading, in which the weight of sugar used does not exceed 20% of the weight of the final product.
South Korea
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Switzerland
Manufacture from materials of any heading.
Switzerland
Manufacture from materials of any heading and in which the weight of sugar used does not exceed 40% of the weight of the final product.
Tunisia
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Tunisia
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Turkey
Production from non-originating materials of any heading in which the total weight of non-originating materials of heading 1701 and heading 1702 does not exceed 20% of the weight of the product.
United Kingdom
Production from non-originating materials of any heading in which the total weight of non-originating materials of heading 1701 and heading 1702 does not exceed 20% of the weight of the product.
Ukraine
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.
Ukraine
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners.
Vietnam
Manufacture from materials of any heading, in which the weight of sugar used does not exceed 20% of the weight of the final product.
Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein
Manufacture from materials of any heading and in which the weight of sugar used does not exceed 40% of the weight of the final product.
Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein
Manufacture from materials of any heading.
CTH
CTH
Manufacture from materials of any heading, in which the weight of sugar used does not exceed 40% of the weight of the final good.
Manufacture from materials of any heading, in which the weight of sugar used does not exceed 40% of the weight of the final good.
The EU imported 5.0 Md€ (Jan 2022 – Mar 2026) for this HS code, with China as the main supplier.
EU Imports
5.0 Md€
EU Exports
6.5 Md€
Balance
1.5 Md€
Top supplying countries (extra-EU)