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10TARIC

Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation)

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES > MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES > Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes > Ribbons > Of plastics > Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation)

Origin

EU-Canada agreement: re-imported goods1006

0.000 %-2.7 pp

EU-Switzerland agreement: re-imported goods1007

0.000 %-2.7 pp

CARIFORUM1033

0.000 %-2.7 ppEU-CARIFORUM EPA

Eastern and Southern Africa States1034

0.000 %-2.7 ppESA Interim EPA

SADC EPA1035

0.000 %-2.7 ppSADC EPA

Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part.2000

0.000 %-2.7 pp

GSP-EBA2005

0.000 %-2.7 ppEverything But Arms

European Economic Area2012

0.000 %-2.7 ppEEA Agreement

Hierarchy

20Section XX — MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

9600000000MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

9612000000Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes

9612100000Ribbons

9612101000Of plastics

9612101010Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation)

9612101090Other

Duties & Measures

Third Country Duty2.700 %

Base rate (erga omnes)

Applies to all third countries without preferential agreement

2.700 %

Preferential rates(60)

+50

Preferential rates - 60 Origin
Origin	Savings	Trade agreement	Details
EU-Canada agreement: re-imported goods1006 0.000 %-2.7 pp	-2.7 pp	—	1
EU-Switzerland agreement: re-imported goods1007 0.000 %-2.7 pp	-2.7 pp	—	2
CARIFORUM1033 0.000 %-2.7 ppEU-CARIFORUM EPA	-2.7 pp	EU-CARIFORUM EPA
Eastern and Southern Africa States1034 0.000 %-2.7 ppESA Interim EPA	-2.7 pp	ESA Interim EPA
SADC EPA1035 0.000 %-2.7 ppSADC EPA	-2.7 pp	SADC EPA
Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part.2000 0.000 %-2.7 pp	-2.7 pp	—
GSP-EBA2005 0.000 %-2.7 ppEverything But Arms	-2.7 pp	Everything But Arms
European Economic Area2012 0.000 %-2.7 ppEEA Agreement	-2.7 pp	EEA Agreement	1

Autonomous tariff suspension(1)

ERGA OMNES

0.000 %Regulation 2605/252026-01-01

Except:BY(Belarus)RU(Russia)

TM861The suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the agricultural and industrial products, listed in the Annex of Regulation (EU) 2021/2278, does not apply to any mixtures, preparations or products made up of different components containing these products. Article 1 paragraph 2 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2278

Low-value consignment customs duty(2)

inherited from 9600000000

ERGA OMNES

3.000 EURRegulation 0382/262026-07-01

TM01066From 1 July 2026 until 1 July 2028, a customs duty of EUR 3 per item in a consignment the intrinsic value of which does not exceed a total of EUR 150 shall apply instead of the relief eliminated pursuant to Article 1 of this Regulation, where: (a) the importation of the goods is exempt from VAT in accordance with Article 143(1), point (ca), of Directive 2006/112/EC; or (b) the goods are in a postal consignment as defined in Article 1, point (24), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446.

ERGA OMNES

3.000 EUR4Regulation 0382/262026-11-01

4 certificate(s) required

C127Other certificates

Merchant product identifier

C128Other certificates

Non-standardised manufacturer product identifier

C129Other certificates

Standardised manufacturer product identifier

Y081Particular provisions

No standardised manufacturer product identifier for the declared product exists

Import not allowed

Suspension -ships, vessels & drilling platforms(1)

inherited from 9612000000

ERGA OMNES

0.000 %1Regulation 2658/872016-07-01

1 certificate(s) required

C990Other certificates

End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)

Measure not applicable

EU003According to The Special Provisions of Section II (A) (3) of the Preliminary Provisions of the Combined Nomenclature the suspension of customs duties for goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms shall be subject to conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union with a view to customs control of the use of such goods.

TM5101. Customs duties shall be suspended in respect of goods intended for incorporation in the ships, boats or other vessels classified at the following CN codes 8901 10 10; 8901 20 10; 8901 30 10; 8901 90 10; 8902 00 10; 8903 91 10; 8903 92 10; 8904 00 10; 8904 00 91; 8905 10 10; 8905 90 10; 8906 10 00; 8906 90 10 for the purposes of their construction, repair, maintenance or conversion, and in respect of goods intended for fitting to or equipping such ships, boats or other vessels. 2. Customs duties shall be suspended in respect of: (a) goods intended for incorporation in drilling or production platforms: (1) fixed, of subheading ex 8430 49, operating in or outside the territorial sea of Member States, or (2) floating or submersible, of subheading 8905 20, for the purposes of their construction, repair, maintenance or conversion, and in respect of goods intended for equipping the said platforms. (b) tubes, pipes, cables and their connection pieces, linking these drilling or production platforms to the mainland.

Import control(2)

inherited from 9600000000

Ukraine

Regulation 0692/142026-06-24

EU-Ukraine DCFTA(since 2016)

3 certificate(s) required

Y997Particular provisions

Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)

N864UN/EDIFACT certificate

Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document

N954UN/EDIFACT certificate

Movement certificate EUR.1

Import not allowed

CD967I. According to Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014, it shall be prohibited to import into European Union goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol. The prohibition shall not apply in respect of 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 the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part. II. According to the Council Regulation (EU) 692/2014, the export of goods and technologies suited for use in the sectors of transport; telecommunications; energy; prospection, exploration and production of oil, gas and mineral resources is prohibited: (a) to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Crimea or Sevastopol, or (b) for use in Crimea or Sevastopol.

Ukraine

Regulation 0263/222026-06-24

EU-Ukraine DCFTA(since 2016)

3 certificate(s) required

Y984Particular provisions

Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia

N954UN/EDIFACT certificate

Movement certificate EUR.1

N864UN/EDIFACT certificate

Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document

Import/export not allowed after control

CD860According to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263 (OJ L42I, p. 77): I. It shall be prohibited to import into the European Union goods originating in non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of Ukraine. The import prohibitions not apply in respect of: (a) the execution until 24 May 2022 of trade contracts concluded before 23 February 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal person, entity or body seeking to perform the contract has 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 the specified territories 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 the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. II. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export goods and technology listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263: (a) to any natural or legal person, entity or body in the specified territories, or (b) for use in the specified territories. Annex II shall include certain goods and technologies suited for use in the following key sectors: (i) transport; (ii) telecommunications; (iii) energy; (iv) the prospecting, exploration and production of oil, gas and mineral resources. The prohibitions in point II above shall be without prejudice to the execution until 24 August 2022 of an obligation arising from a contract concluded before 23 February 2022, or from ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the competent authority has been informed at least five working days in advance.

Start date: 2000-01-01

Trade Statistics

Description & Classification

Common misclassifications

9612101090: Plastic ribbon without the expressly described dye-sublimation with different-colour segments

Classification tips

Plastic ribbon with segments of different colours, where dyes are penetrated by heat into a support

Typical uses

Ribbon prepared for giving impressions

Sample products

Plastic ribbon with different-colour segments for dye-sublimation printing

Associated BTIs

Regulatory notes

NENC9612Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes

9612 10 10 to 9612 10 80 Ribbons See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 9612 , first paragraph, (1). These subheadings include products which are ready-to-use heat-sensitive inked ribbons, i.e. which are suitable to be used in a typewriter or any other machine incorporating a device for printing, without a further manufacturing process. The length and width of inked ribbons that are ready-to-use are determined by the type of machine in which they are used. Products which are not ready-to-use are excluded from these subheadings (generally, Sections VI and VII).

Chapter noteChapter 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Non-preferential origin

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CTH

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CTH

Residual rule

Where the country of origin cannot be determined by application of the primary rules, 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 value of the materials.

Annex 22-01 DA 2015/2446

FAQ

What is the EU customs duty for Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation) (9612101010)?

The third country duty (erga omnes) for Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation) is 2.700 %. This rate applies to imports from countries without a preferential trade agreement with the EU.

Are there tariff preferences for Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation) (9612101010)?

Yes, 57 tariff preferences are available for this code. Preferential rates apply to imports from countries with a trade agreement with the EU.

Are import controls required for Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation) (9612101010)?

Yes, 2 import control measure(s) apply to this code (e.g. CITES, REACH, sanitary controls, etc.).

How many BTIs (Binding Tariff Information) exist for Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation) (9612101010)?

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#	Partner	Value (EUR)	kg	€/kg	Share
1	🇯🇵 Japan	€201.5M	13.1Mt	€15.34/kg	39.4%
2	🇺🇸 United States	€104.4M	3.7Mt	€28.45/kg	20.4%
3	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	€76.5M	2.4Mt	€32.35/kg	15.0%
4	🇨🇳 China	€68.3M	11.7Mt	€5.82/kg	13.4%
5	🇰🇷 South Korea	€44.0M	3.8Mt	€11.53/kg	8.6%
6	🇲🇾 Malaysia	€16.2M	1.4Mt	€11.40/kg	3.2%

#	Partner	Value (EUR)	kg	€/kg	Share
1	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	€141.9M	8.4Mt	€16.94/kg	46.6%
2	🇯🇵 Japan	€40.6M	871Kt	€46.60/kg	13.3%
3	🇹🇷 Turkey	€37.2M	1.8Mt	€20.09/kg	12.2%
4	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	€37.0M	818Kt	€45.25/kg	12.2%
5	🇨🇭 Switzerland	€36.7M	1.5Mt	€24.05/kg	12.1%
6	🇺🇸 United States	€11.0M	257Kt	€42.89/kg	3.6%

#	Partner	Value (EUR)	kg	€/kg	Share
1	🇯🇵 Japan	€201.5M	13.1Mt	€15.34/kg	39.4%
2	🇺🇸 United States	€104.4M	3.7Mt	€28.45/kg	20.4%
3	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	€76.5M	2.4Mt	€32.35/kg	15.0%
4	🇨🇳 China	€68.3M	11.7Mt	€5.82/kg	13.4%
5	🇰🇷 South Korea	€44.0M	3.8Mt	€11.53/kg	8.6%
6	🇲🇾 Malaysia	€16.2M	1.4Mt	€11.40/kg	3.2%

#	Partner	Value (EUR)	kg	€/kg	Share
1	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	€141.9M	8.4Mt	€16.94/kg	46.6%
2	🇯🇵 Japan	€40.6M	871Kt	€46.60/kg	13.3%
3	🇹🇷 Turkey	€37.2M	1.8Mt	€20.09/kg	12.2%
4	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	€37.0M	818Kt	€45.25/kg	12.2%
5	🇨🇭 Switzerland	€36.7M	1.5Mt	€24.05/kg	12.1%
6	🇺🇸 United States	€11.0M	257Kt	€42.89/kg	3.6%

Ribbons of plastic with segments of different colours, providing the penetration of dyes by heat into a support (so called dye-sublimation)

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