Chapter 18: Cocoa and cocoa preparations

What HS chapter 18 covers: Cocoa and cocoa preparations. All 2 headings and 28 tariff codes, with the official chapter notes. Free, no sign-up.

Source: Turkish Ministry of Trade — Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule (TGTC), 2026 edition. Data last updated: . Compiled from the official schedule for information only. Binding tariff information is issued by the customs administration.

What this chapter covers

This chapter covers cocoa and the food preparations made from it. Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted, along with chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, belong here. Under the chapter notes, sugar confectionery containing cocoa and other cocoa-bearing food preparations are gathered under heading 18.06, subject to the limit set in note 1.

Not covered by this chapter

Chapter notes (official Turkish text)

1. Bu fasıla;

(a) Ağırlık itibariyle % 20'den fazla sosis, et, sakatat, kan, böcek, balık veya kabuklu hayvanlar,

yumuşakçalar veya diğer su omurgasızları veya bunların herhangi bir bileşimini içeren gıda müstahzarları (Fasıl 16);

(b) 04.03, 19.01, 19.02, 19.04, 19.05, 21.05, 22.02, 22.08, 30.03 ve 30.04 pozisyonlarında yer alan müstahzarlar

dahil değildir.

2. İçinde kakao bulunan şeker mamulleri ve bu fasılın (1) no'lu notundaki hükmü saklı kalmak şartıyla,

kakao içeren diğer gıda müstahzarları 18.06 pozisyonunda yeralır.

Ek Notlar

1. 1806.90.11 ve 1806.90.19 alt pozisyonları sadece tek bir çikolata çeşidinden yapılmış ürünleri

kapsamaz.

Headings in this chapter

The first six digits of every code in this chapter are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System. The chapter has 2 headings and 28 twelve-digit codes (2026 schedule).

Import duty rates across this chapter

The range is always computed WITHIN a single column: showing the EU column and the all-other-countries column as one range would misstate the duty. The binding rate depends on the twelve-digit code and the country of origin.

Source: annexes to the 2026 Import Regime Decree.

Trade defence measures in force in this chapter

Chapter 18 — measure rows in force: 1 · products: 1 · origins: 1 · tariff codes: 1. Measures whose published expiry has passed but which are under an open expiry review ARE included: they remain legally in force and the duty is payable.

What governs the application of a measure is the product definition, not the HS code alone — your goods may fall outside the definition even if they share the code.

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