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UK commodity code for cheese

The UK commodity code for cheese falls under heading 0406 — Cheese and curd. The specific 10-digit UK codes are listed below.

UK commodity codes for cheese

• 0406.10.30.10 Pizza cheese, frozen, cut into pieces each weighing not more than 1 gram, in containers with a net content of 5kg or more, of a water content, by weight, of 52% or more, and a fat content by weight in the dry matter of 38% or more
• 0406.10.30.90 Other
• 0406.10.50.00 Other
• 0406.10.50.10 Skyr
• 0406.10.50.30 Pizza cheese, frozen, cut into pieces each weighing not more than 1 gram, in containers with a net content of 5kg or more, of a water content, by weight, of 52% or more, and a fat content by weight in the dry matter of 38% or more
• 0406.10.50.90 Other
• 0406.10.80.00 Other
• 0406.10.80.10 Pizza cheese, frozen, cut into pieces each weighing not more than 1 gram, in containers with a net content of 5kg or more, or a water content, by weight, of 52% or more, and a fat content by weight in the dry matter of 38% or more
• 0406.10.80.80 Other
• 0406.30.10.00 In the manufacture of which no cheeses other than Emmentaler, Gruyère and Appenzell have been used and which may contain, as an addition, Glarus herb cheese (known as Schabziger); put up for retail sale, of a fat content by weight in the dry matter not exceeding 56%
• 0406.30.10.10 Processed Emmentaler
• 0406.30.10.20 Processed Gruyère
• 0406.30.10.90 Other
• 0406.30.39.00 Exceeding 48 %
• 0406.30.90.00 Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 36 %
• 0406.40.10.00 Roquefort
• 0406.40.50.00 Gorgonzola
• 0406.40.90.00 Other
• 0406.90.01.00 For processing
• 0406.90.15.00 Gruyère, Sbrinz
• 0406.90.17.00 Bergkäse, Appenzell
• 0406.90.18.00 Fromage fribourgeois, Vacherin Mont d'Or and Tête de Moine
• 0406.90.21.00 Cheddar
• 0406.90.21.20 Whole cheeses (of the conventional flat cylindrical shape of a net weight of not less than 33 kg but not more than 44 kg and cheeses in cubic blocks or in parallelepiped shape, of a net weight of 10 kg or more) of a minimum fat content of 50% by weight, in the dry matter, matured for at least three months
• 0406.90.21.90 Other
• 0406.90.23.00 Edam
• 0406.90.25.00 Tilsit
• 0406.90.29.00 Kashkaval
• 0406.90.32.00 Feta
• 0406.90.35.00 Kefalo-Tyri

International equivalents for cheese

Region	Code system	Heading
🌐 Global (WCO)	Harmonized System (HS)	0406
🇺🇸 United States	HTS	0406.10.02.00
🇪🇺 European Union	CN/TARIC	0406.10.30.10

Where it sits in the hierarchy

Chapter 04 — Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included → Heading 0406 — Cheese and curd

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FAQ

Also see: Global HS code for cheese · US HTS code for cheese

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