Customs Declare
HS 2022 subheading

HS code 1701.99: Refined white sugar

HS code 1701.99 covers: Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter. It is a subheading of heading 1701, in chapter 17.

Where 1701.99 sits in the tariff

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. Countries and regions add their own digits after them.

  1. Chapter

    17 Sugars and sugar confectionery

  2. Heading

    1701Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form

  3. Subheading

    1701.99 Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter

Other subheadings under heading 1701

How tariffs divide 1701.99 further

National and regional tariffs add digits after the six shared ones, splitting this subheading into more specific lines. The tables list every line we hold for 1701.99 in this language, in each publisher's own wording.

TariffApplies inLines
EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)European Union2
US Harmonized Tariff ScheduleUnited States9
UK Global Tariff commodity codesUnited Kingdom2
India ITC-HS (8-digit)India2
GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule11
EAC Common External TariffEast African Community2
Brazil NCMBrazil and Mercosur1
Turkey GTIPTürkiye5
Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)Egypt4
ECOWAS Common External TariffWest Africa2
Lines in total40

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)

European Union — 2 lines

CodeDescription
1701 99 10Other – Other – White sugar
1701 99 90Other – Other – Other

US Harmonized Tariff Schedule

United States — 9 lines

CodeDescription
1701 99 05 00Other – Other – Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions
1701 99 10 15Other – Other – Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions – Specialty sugars – Certified organic
1701 99 10 17Other – Other – Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions – Specialty sugars – Other
1701 99 10 25Other – Other – Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions – Other – Sugar not for further processing
1701 99 10 50Other – Other – Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions – Other – Other
1701 99 50 15Other – Other – Other – Specialty sugars – Certified organic
1701 99 50 17Other – Other – Other – Specialty sugars – Other
1701 99 50 25Other – Other – Other – Other – Sugar not for further processing
1701 99 50 50Other – Other – Other – Other – Other

UK Global Tariff commodity codes

United Kingdom — 2 lines

CodeDescription
1701 99 10 00Other – Other – White sugar
1701 99 90 00Other – Other – Other

India ITC-HS (8-digit)

India — 2 lines

CodeDescription
1701 99 10Other : – Sugar cubes
1701 99 90Other : – Other

GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)

Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule — 11 lines

CodeDescription
1701 99 11 00 01Refined crystal sugar, not flavoured nor coloured, in solid form. - Powdered sugar
1701 99 11 00 02Refined crystal sugar, not flavoured nor coloured, in solid form. - Coarse sugar
1701 99 12 00 01Refined cube sugar, not flavoured nor coloured, in solid form. - Sugar cubes
1701 99 12 00 02Refined cube sugar, not flavoured nor coloured, in solid form. - Sugar in solid form
1701 99 13 00 00Refined powdered sugar, not flavoured nor coloured, in solid form.
1701 99 20 00 01Rock candy (sugar candy), not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, in solid form. - Rock candy
1701 99 20 00 02Rock candy (sugar candy), not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, in solid form. - Palm sugar
1701 99 20 00 03Rock candy (sugar candy), not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, in solid form. - Brown sugar
1701 99 20 99 99Rock candy (sugar candy), not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, in solid form. - other
1701 99 30 00 00Chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter.
1701 99 90 00 00Cane or beet sugar & chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, n.e.s.

EAC Common External Tariff

East African Community — 2 lines

CodeDescription
1701 99 10Other – Other – Sugar for industrial use
1701 99 90Other – Other – Other

Brazil NCM

Brazil and Mercosur — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
1701 99 00Other: – Other

Turkey GTIP

Türkiye — 5 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
1701 99 10 00 11Other: – Other: – White sugar – Crystalline sugar
1701 99 10 00 12Other: – Other: – White sugar – Cube sugar and lump sugar
1701 99 10 00 13Other: – Other: – White sugar – Chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
1701 99 10 00 15Other: – Other: – White sugar – Icing sugar
1701 99 90 00 00Other: – Other: – Other - 150 1702 Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel:

Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)

Egypt — 4 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
1701 99 10 00Chemically pure sucrose, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, in solid form
1701 99 10 10Chemically pure sucrose, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, in solid form, for pharmaceutical industries.
1701 99 10 90Chemically pure sucrose, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, in solid form, other than as stated above.
1701 99 90 00Cane sugar and beet sugar, refined, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, in solid form

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

West Africa — 2 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
1701 99 10 00Other – Other – In powder, granules or crystalline form
1701 99 90 00Other – Other – Other

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  • ECOWAS
  • EAC
  • World Bank WITS
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