Afghanistan customs tariff updates effective from 01 July 2025
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led Ministry of Finance announced a significant tariff adjustment during a Tariff Committee meeting, aimed at protecting emerging domestic industries:
- Rebar (steel reinforcement bars): tariff increased from 16% to 30%
- Natural cotton: tariff raised sharply from 3.5% to 20%
- Baby diapers & sanitary pads: 10% to 20%
- Leather shoes: 10% to 20%
- Plastic footwear: 20% to 30%
- Pressure-based paint tariffs remain unchanged at 16%. Source
EU HTS correlation update
The European Commission has updated the HTS correlation, which includes addition/deletion of HTS codes, change in duty and product descriptions, non-preferential quota updates for certain products classified under the tariff chapters 15, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 44, 68, 70, 84, 85, 87, 97 etc. Source
European Commission updated the import duties
The European Union has rolled out a series of tariff-related measures this month. The update includes the changes in import duty rates, preferential duty rates for various products classified under the tariff chapters 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 23, 28, 39, 40, 72, 73 etc.
EU adopts new tariffs on Russian and Belarusian agricultural goods and fertilisers
The Council has adopted a regulation that imposes new tariffs on the remaining agricultural products and certain fertilisers from Russia and Belarus that were not yet subject to extra customs duties. The aim is to reduce EU dependence on those imports as well as to reduce Russian export revenues, thereby limiting its ability to finance its war of aggression against Ukraine. The implementation of these tariffs will be closely monitored to ensure that the EU fertiliser industry and farmers are protected. The tariff increases on fertilisers will take place gradually, over a transition period of three years. Once the legislation enters into force, EU tariffs will apply to all agricultural products from Russia, as other agricultural goods are already subject to customs duties. The new tariffs will apply to goods that made up around 15% of all agricultural imports from Russia in 2023. In the case of fertilisers, the new tariffs will apply to certain nitrogen-based products. In addition to weakening Russia’s war economy, the new tariffs will help reduce the EU's dependence on Russia and Belarus, and will boost diversification and domestic production. It will allow for the diversification of supply, ensuring a stable fertiliser supply and, crucially, maintaining affordability for EU farmers. Source
India customs authority extends the specified condition of exemption to imports of Yellow Peas to reduce the basic custom duty on crude soya bean oil, crude sunflower oil and crude palm oil
India customs authority has extended the specified condition of exemption to imports of Yellow Peas (HS 0713 10 10) to bill of lading issued on or before 31.03.2026; ii. to reduce the basic custom duty on crude soya bean oil (HS Code 15071000), crude sunflower oil (HS Code 15121110), and crude palm oil (HS Code 15111000) from 20% to 10%. Source
US Customs tariff update
United States customs authority has updated the import tariff. Update includes the addition/deletion of HTS codes, change in import duty and description for certain products classified under tariff chapters 09, 28, 29, 70, 71, 73, 76, 83, 84, 85, 86, 94 and 99. Source