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090111 Chapter 09 · Coffee & Tea Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated
Six-digit subheading in Coffee & Tea, chapter 09 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 090111
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 090111: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what a rate can differ on, though on this subheading all 6 destinations below charge the same, 0%.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 6 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 0% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 0% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 0% | 7% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 0% | 6% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 0% | 0% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 0% | 0% |
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 090111 into Australia
An illustrative consignment of 090111 invoiced at AUD 2,000.00, priced in AUD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | AUD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | AUD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | AUD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | AUD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 0% | AUD 0.00 |
| Australia tax at 10%, charged on the value plus the duty | AUD 215.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | AUD 2,365.00 |
And if the consignment were small
Australia relieves customs duty, GST and the Import Processing Charge on consignments at or under AUD 1,000. The 090111 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly AUD 1,000 with no freight would be charged AUD 0.00 of duty and AUD 0.00 of tax, a total of AUD 1,000.00. The rate on the 090111 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved. The tax is not simply absent at that value: Australia collects it on the sale instead of at the border, so an overseas seller or marketplace above the registration threshold charges it at checkout. What the relief removes is the charge on arrival, not the tax.
Selling rather than buying? AUD 2,365.00 is what your buyer in Australia pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Australia sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 090111 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 31 August 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 090111 AU, read on 2026-09-01 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-ii/chapter-9 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04997/latest/text. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 0901.11.00 Free
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 090111 CA, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch09-eng.html and again on 2026-09-01 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 0%. The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 0901.11.00 Free
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 090111 DE, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/0901110000 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=090111&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 0901110000 0.00 %
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 090111 GB, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/0901110000 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 0901110000 0.00 %
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 090111 US, read on 2026-08-31 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=0901.11 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=09&to=10&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned 0%. The United States International Trade Commission is the only body that publishes this schedule. The second reading was taken in a different format to check the reading, not to corroborate the schedule, because there is no second schedule to corroborate it against. Retrieved text: 0901.11.00 Free
Re-check first: Green coffee enters every market on this table at zero, so the figure to re-check is not the duty but the destination tax, and the EU deforestation due diligence that applies to coffee regardless of the rate.
What falls under 090111
- Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated, i.e. green coffee beans
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
090121: Roasted coffee
The roast/green distinction changes the code and, in many markets, the duty. Green beans for further processing are 090111; once roasted they move to 0901 21/22.
Classification & cost note
Green coffee enters most major markets at 0% MFN duty (EU, US, UK), which is why roasters import beans green and roast domestically, because roasted coffee can attract duty where green does not. The binding cost is usually phytosanitary compliance and, in the EU, the deforestation-regulation (EUDR) due-diligence paperwork rather than the tariff itself.
Typical products: Green Arabica beans in jute sacks · Unroasted Robusta for domestic roasting · Specialty green lots for micro-roasters
What the notes to section II say
Chapter 09 sits in section II, vegetable products, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the one reaching chapter 09 names no heading this site holds a code under, and it is quoted whole on the chapter 09 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/2 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 0901
090111 is a subheading of 0901, coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion , and this site holds 2 other codes under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
No numbered note to chapter 09 takes heading 0901 as its subject, which is what the published notes say rather than a gap on this page: the heading is defined by its own wording above and by the note to the chapter, quoted in full on the chapter 09 page.
Read from the notes to chapter 09 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/09, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/0901, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 09 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 090111
Is green coffee duty-free?
In the EU, UK and US the MFN duty on unroasted, non-decaffeinated coffee (090111) is 0%. VAT/sales tax and import compliance documentation still apply.
Why import coffee green instead of roasted?
Beyond freshness and roast control, green coffee (090111) often clears at a lower or zero duty than roasted coffee, and weighs less to ship before moisture loss is priced in.
How is green coffee usually shipped and what goes wrong?
In sixty or seventy kilogram jute or sisal sacks, increasingly inside a hermetic liner, and the recurring loss is moisture rather than theft. A container loaded warm and shipped through a cold leg sweats, the condensate falls back onto the top layer of bags, and the mould that follows is graded as damage on arrival. GrainPro or similar liners and a dessicant plan are the ordinary answer, and they cost less than one rejected lot.
Does the origin certificate matter for a green coffee entry?
It matters commercially more than it matters for duty. Certificates of origin, ICO marks and mill or cooperative identifiers carry the traceability a roaster is paying for, and in the European Union they now feed the deforestation due diligence statement as well, which needs geolocation for the plot the lot came from rather than merely a country name.
Codes in nearby chapters
Chapter 09 holds 4 subheadings on this site, so these are the closest chapters by number rather than codes for similar goods.
Related codes in Chapter 09
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