Data sources
Where our data comes from
Customs Declare is built on nomenclature, tariff and tax data published by customs authorities, governments and international bodies. Each source is credited below, together with anything we changed.
Customs Declare is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any publisher named here; names are used only to credit their data. Where we translated, extracted or reformatted a text, it is not the official version. Use the publisher's own text for legal purposes.
Nomenclatures and classification
Harmonized System (HS 2022), 6-digit
- Published by
- World Customs Organization (WCO); code list as published by UN Comtrade (UN Statistics Division)
- Credit
- Source: World Customs Organization, Harmonized System 2022; code list via UN Comtrade (UN Statistics Division).
- What we changed or left out
- Descriptions in languages other than English are machine translations by Customs Declare, not official WCO texts.
EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (CN8)
- Published by
- Publications Office of the European Union / Eurostat
- Credit
- Source: Eurostat / Publications Office of the European Union, Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926).
- Licence
- European Commission reuse policy (CC BY 4.0)
- What we changed or left out
- Changes: each code's description is reassembled from the dataset's level-by-level hierarchy into one line.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 2026 Revision 21
- Published by
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- Credit
- Source: U.S. International Trade Commission, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2026 Revision 21).
- What we changed or left out
- Chapters 98 and 99 (special classification provisions) have no HS6 parent and are not shown.
UK Global Tariff commodity codes
- Published by
- HM Revenue & Customs and Department for Business and Trade (UK Trade Tariff)
- Credit
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Import and Export Tariff of the People's Republic of China (2026), 8-digit
- Published by
- State Council Tariff Commission, via the Ministry of Finance Tariff Department of China
- Credit
- Source: State Council Tariff Commission of the People's Republic of China, Import and Export Tariff (2026).
- What we changed or left out
- Text extracted from the published PDF by Customs Declare; Chinese descriptions are the official ones.
Customs Tariff of India 2023, First Schedule (ITC-HS 8-digit)
- Published by
- Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Government of India
- Credit
- Source: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Government of India, Customs Tariff 2023 (First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, as at 1 May 2023).
- What we changed or left out
- Taken from an archived copy of the 2023 edition; later amendments are not reflected.
GCC Integrated Customs Tariff, 12-digit (HS Code Master v3.3)
- Published by
- Dubai Customs, United Arab Emirates
- Credit
- Source: Dubai Customs, HS Code Master v3.3 (GCC Integrated Customs Tariff).
- What we changed or left out
- Arabic and English descriptions are Dubai Customs' own. UAE schedule.
Nomenclatura Comum do Mercosul (NCM), Gecex Resolution 926/2026
- Published by
- Siscomex Portal Único (Classif), Government of Brazil
- Credit
- Source: Portal Único Siscomex (Classif), Government of Brazil, Nomenclatura Comum do Mercosul.
- What we changed or left out
- English text is a machine translation by Customs Declare, not an official translation.
Turkish Customs Tariff (GTIP), annex to Presidential Decision 10781
- Published by
- Republic of Türkiye Official Gazette (Resmî Gazete), 30 December 2025
- Credit
- Source: Resmî Gazete of the Republic of Türkiye, 30 December 2025, annex to Presidential Decision 10781.
- What we changed or left out
- Read from scanned pages by optical character recognition, so errors are possible. Amendments by Decision 11507 (11 July 2026) are not applied. English text is a machine translation by Customs Declare, not an official translation.
Egyptian customs tariff (10-digit)
- Published by
- Egyptian Customs Authority
- Credit
- Source: Egyptian Customs Authority, public tariff browser.
- What we changed or left out
- Chapter 95 is not loaded. English text is a machine translation by Customs Declare, not an official translation.
ECOWAS Common External Tariff (TEC CEDEAO) 2022
- Published by
- ECOWAS; text as reproduced by the Office Togolais des Recettes (OTR)
- Credit
- Source: ECOWAS Common External Tariff (TEC CEDEAO) 2022, as published by the Office Togolais des Recettes.
- What we changed or left out
- The French original is shown as published. English text is a machine translation by Customs Declare, not an official translation.
EAC Common External Tariff 2022 (Legal Notice EAC/117/2022)
- Published by
- East African Community
- Credit
- Source: East African Community, Customs Union Common External Tariff, Version 2022 (Legal Notice EAC/117/2022).
Tariff rates
MFN applied tariff rates (WITS / UNCTAD TRAINS)
- Published by
- World Bank (WITS) and UNCTAD (TRAINS)
- Credit
- Source: World Integrated Trade Solution (World Bank) and UNCTAD TRAINS, MFN applied tariffs (simple average).
AfCFTA e-Tariff Book
- Published by
- AfCFTA Secretariat
- Credit
- Source: African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, e-Tariff Book.
EAEU Common Customs Tariff
- Published by
- Eurasian Economic Commission
- Credit
- Source: Eurasian Economic Commission, Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union (revisions to 8 October 2026).
- What we changed or left out
- Kyrgyzstan's rates are inferred from the EAEU tariff and are not the official Kyrgyz schedule. Specific and compound duties are not applied.
Serbia Customs Tariff 2026
- Published by
- Customs Administration of the Republic of Serbia
- Credit
- Source: Customs Administration of the Republic of Serbia, Customs Tariff 2026 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia 107/25 and 45/26, consolidated).
Angola Pauta Aduaneira (Legislative Decree 1/24)
- Published by
- Republic of Angola
- Credit
- Source: Republic of Angola, Pauta Aduaneira, Presidential Legislative Decree no. 1/24.
- What we changed or left out
- Read from the gazette scan; Law 18/24 amendments are not applied.
Lebanese integrated customs tariff
- Published by
- Lebanese Customs Administration
- Credit
- Source: Lebanese Customs Administration, integrated tariff table.
Timor-Leste import duty rate
- Published by
- Timor-Leste Customs Authority
- Credit
- Source: Timor-Leste Customs Authority, duties and taxes.
Customs Tariff, Departmental Consolidation
- Published by
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Credit
- Source: Canada Border Services Agency, Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff.
US and UK general (third-country) duty rates
- Published by
- U.S. International Trade Commission; UK Department for Business and Trade
- Credit
- US: U.S. International Trade Commission, HTS 2026 Revision 21, column 1 general rate. UK: contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- What we changed or left out
- Additional duties (for example trade-remedy or surcharge measures) are not included.
Trade agreements
Trade agreement texts and tariff schedules
- Published by
- EUR-Lex (EU agreements); ASEAN Secretariat and AANZFTA Secretariat; Enterprise Singapore (ACFTA, AIFTA schedules); Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USMCA); China FTA Network, Ministry of Commerce (ChAFTA); RCEP and CPTPP agreement texts; EAC, ECOWAS, SADC, COMESA, Mercosur and GCC treaty texts
- Credit
- Source: the agreement texts and tariff schedules published by the parties and secretariats named above. Each agreement's own source is kept with its rates.
- What we changed or left out
- Rates are the schedule's final or terminal rate; staging, quotas and product-specific rules not modelled are flagged on the results.
Taxes and duties
VAT, GST and excise rates
- Published by
- Compiled from published sources, including PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Tax Foundation, VATupdate, KPMG, Deloitte, Trading Economics, Wikipedia and national authorities such as the Kenya Revenue Authority, the South African National Treasury and the Federal Ministry of Finance of Nigeria
- Credit
- Source: rates compiled by Customs Declare from the publishers listed. The source for each rate is kept with it.
- What we changed or left out
- Secondary sources can lag the law. Confirm a rate with the destination's customs authority before filing.
South African anti-dumping, safeguard and vehicle duties
- Published by
- South African Revenue Service (SARS)
- Credit
- Source: South African Revenue Service, Customs and Excise Tariff, Schedules 1 and 2.
Other data
BACI world trade database (HS 2022, release 202601, year 2024), used for the unit-price valuation check
- Published by
- CEPII
- Credit
- Source: CEPII, BACI, version 202601 (2024 trade flows). Gaulier, G. and Zignago, S. (2010), BACI: International Trade Database at the Product-Level, CEPII Working Paper 2010-23.
- Licence
- Etalab Open Licence 2.0
- What we changed or left out
- Changes: quantity-weighted unit-value percentiles calculated by Customs Declare from all world flows. A FOB price benchmark only, not a customs valuation.
Exchange rates
- Published by
- Exchange Rate API
- Credit
- Rates By Exchange Rate API.
Declaration requirements and supporting documents by country
- Published by
- Official customs authorities and government trade portals, cited on each country page
- Credit
- Source: the customs authority or government page linked on each country's requirements page.
- What we changed or left out
- Where no official page could be found, a secondary source is cited and the page says so.