Trade & Tariff Profile DRC

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Trade & Tariff Profile of DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Tariffs applied by Democratic Republic of Congo, based on the data from 2009 , to products originating from India.

HS Code	Description	Tariff lines at the 8 digit HS Code level	Total applied ad valorem equivalent tariff (estimated)
1	Live animals	23	6.93%
2	Meat and edible meat offal	66	10.02%
3	Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	93	10.31%
4	Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	28	6.57%
5	Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	18	10.00%
6	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage	12	7.69%
7	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	61	9.95%
8	Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons	64	20.00%
9	Coffee, tea, maté and spices	32	19.79%
10	Cereals	16	9.15%
11	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	29	10.00%
12	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder	46	7.37%
13	Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts	12	5.00%
14	Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	8	5.00%
15	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	46	13.90%
16	Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates	26	17.08%
17	Sugars and sugar confectionery	16	19.68%
18	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	11	19.10%
19	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products	20	9.38%
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants	50	16.72%
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	17	13.48%
22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	50	19.04%
23	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	27	7.52%
24	Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes	11	9.72%
25	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement	74	13.69%
26	Ores, slag and ash	37	5.00%
27	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	53	7.88%
28	Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	182	5.00%
29	Organic chemicals	339	5.00%
30	Pharmaceutical products	38	16.44%
31	Fertilisers	24	5.00%
32	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks	51	16.26%
33	Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations	42	16.28%
34	Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis	40	18.69%
35	Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes	17	16.93%
36	Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations	10	19.91%
37	Photographic or cinematographic goods	37	16.38%
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	74	10.73%
39	Plastics and articles thereof	133	12.00%
40	Rubber and articles thereof	92	15.13%
41	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	38	9.58%
42	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)	35	19.72%
43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	15	15.45%
44	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	111	19.72%
45	Cork and articles of cork	9	18.80%
46	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork	5	20.00%
47	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard	20	7.90%
48	Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	122	13.99%
49	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans	32	16.43%
50	Silk	10	9.99%
51	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	38	14.64%
52	Cotton	131	17.35%
53	Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn	29	7.62%
54	Man-made filaments	136	14.12%
55	Man-made staple fibres	139	14.91%
56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof	37	12.38%
57	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	23	20.00%
58	Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery	46	10.96%
59	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use	24	9.81%
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	44	19.97%
61	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	124	20.00%
62	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	119	19.98%
63	Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags	76	13.96%
64	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles	31	19.47%
65	Headgear and parts thereof	16	18.97%
66	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof	7	19.85%
67	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair	10	17.36%
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	68	18.37%
69	Ceramic products	29	19.06%
70	Glass and glassware	68	17.75%
71	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	65	17.55%
72	Iron and steel	171	11.95%
73	Articles of iron or steel	160	12.76%
74	Copper and articles thereof	66	11.90%
75	Nickel and articles thereof	18	11.10%
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	47	13.68%
78	Lead and articles thereof	10	10.26%
79	Zinc and articles thereof	10	17.43%
80	Tin and articles thereof	8	11.04%
81	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof	56	8.52%
82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal	68	10.85%
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	36	16.59%
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	535	7.50%
85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles	317	9.67%
86	Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds	24	5.00%
87	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	96	9.62%
88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	20	5.00%
89	Ships, boats and floating structures	23	12.79%
90	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof	176	6.07%
91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	53	16.53%
92	Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles	23	19.75%
93	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof	26	15.42%
94	Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings	43	19.30%
95	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof	44	17.23%
96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	58	16.39%
97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	7	0.2

Source : UN Database

For Further Reference

National Customs

Tariff Profiles 2009, WTO

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