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1703 10 000 0 — Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar: cane molasses

Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar: cane molasses

Names come in English where the EU Combined Nomenclature publishes them — chapters, headings and subheadings, whose first six digits are the same Harmonized System; deeper EAEU detail is a machine translation, marked as such. Official texts — tariff notes, measures, lists and classification rulings — are the original: customs and your broker go by that wording. Where we show a machine translation of them, it is marked; where our quality check rejected one, the Russian stays.

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

Duty rate
5%

This is the base rate. A tariff quota, a preference for the country of origin and a tariff exemption lower it; anti-dumping and special duties are paid on top of it

EEC Council Decision No. 80 of 14.09.2021

Supplementary unit
Not applicable
Requirements and measures
2

None: russian bans and restrictions, dual use, EAEU non-tariff regulation, trade defence measures — duty on top of the tariff, tariff quota.

Whether a measure applies to your goods depends on their characteristics and the shipping documents

VAT
22%

The general import rate in Russia: Tax Code of Russia, Art. 164(3) (Federal Law No. 425-FZ of 28.11.2025). This code is not named on the 10% VAT list (Decree No. 908) or the exemption list (No. 1042). The list of medical goods No. 688 is not checked here.

Where it sits in the nomenclature

Section IV. Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

  1. 17Sugars and sugar confectionery
  2. 1703Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar
  3. 1703 10Cane molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar
  4. 1703 10 00Cane molasses
  5. 1703 10 000 0you are here

Explanatory notes to heading 1703 3 paragraphs

Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.

1703 Molasses obtained from the extraction or refining of sugar (+): 1703 10 – cane molasses 1703 90 – other

The molasses of this heading are obtained exclusively from the extraction or refining of sugar. It is a common byproduct of the process of extracting or refining beet or cane sugar or producing fructose from corn. This cinnamon is a dark or blackish viscous substance containing a tangible amount of sugar, which is poorly crystallized, but can be turned into a powder. Beet-sugar molasses itself is usually unsuitable for food, but some refined types of cane-sugar molasses and corn molasses are suitable for consumption and are sold as molasses or table syrup. melassa

It is used mainly as a raw material for the production of sleep mouth and alcoholic beverages by distillation (for example, rum from sugar cane molasses), in the preparation of livestock feed and coffee substitutes. It is also sometimes used to extract sugar. The molasses of this heading may be discolored, coloured or contain flavorings. Explanation of the subheading. Subheading 1703 (10) Reed molasses may be distinguished from other molasses of heading 1703 by smell and chemical composition.

Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board

Notes to chapter 17 — Sugars and sugar confectionery 7 items

Note

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. This group does not include:

(a) sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading 1806);

(b) chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading 2940; or

(c) medicinal products or other products of Chapter 30.

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheadings 1701 12, 1701 13 and 1701 14, ‘raw sugar’ means sugar whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of less than 99,5°.

2. Subheading 1701 13 covers only cane sugar obtained without centrifugation, whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of 69° or more but less than 93°. The product contains only natural anhedral microcrystals, of irregular shape, not visible to the naked eye, which are surrounded by residues of molasses and other constituents of sugar cane.

Additional notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. For the purposes of subheadings 1701 12 100, 1701 12 900, 1701 13 10, 1701 13 90, 1701 14 10 and 1701 14 90, the term “raw sugar” means sugar without flavouring or coloring or any other additives in which the dry sucrose content is less than 99.5 wt.% when determined by the polarimetric method.

2. For the purposes of subheading 1701 99 100, the term “white sugar” means a sugar without flavours or colourings or any other additives in which the dry sucrose content is 99.5 % or more when determined by the polarimetric method.

3. For the purposes of subheadings 1702 30 100 0, 1702 40 100 0, 1702 60 100 0 and 1702 90 300 0, the term isoglucose means a product derived from glucose or its polymers and containing in a dry state not less than 10 % by weight of fructose.

4. "Inulin syrup" means:

(a) in subheading 1702 60 800 0 direct product of hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructose containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of fructose in the free state or as sucrose;

(b) in subheading 1702 90 800 0 direct product of hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructose containing in the dry state not less than 10 wt.%, but not more than 50 wt.% of fructose in the free state or in the form of sucrose.

What import requires

Veterinary and sanitary control

Goods fall under supervision by their type and characteristics

  • Sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control)

    rule for the whole chapter 17
    Пищевые продукты (продукты в натуральном или переработанном виде, употребляемые человеком в пищу), в том числе полученные с использованием генно-инженерно-модифицированных (трансгенных) организмов; Иная продукция (товары), в отношении которой одним из государств – членов Евразийского экономического союза введены временные санитарные меры

    Решение Коллегии Евразийской экономической комиссии от 17.09.2019 № 154

Conformity assessment

May apply

Whether the goods fall under a regulation depends on their name and characteristics. Check them against the list

  • Постановление № 2425Единый перечень продукции: сертификация и декларирование в РФ
    • Кормовая продукция сахарной и крахмало-паточной продукции — declaration of conformity (part of the heading) · ГОСТ 34874-2022, ГОСТ 26176-2019, ГОСТ 31674-2012, ГОСТ 31675-2012, ГОСТ Р 51116-2017, ГОСТ Р 51416-99 (ИСО 5510-84), ГОСТ Р 51420-99 (ИСО 6491-98), ГОСТ Р 51426-2016, ГОСТ Р 51636-2000, ГОСТ Р 55489-2013, ГОСТ Р 54901-2012, ГОСТ 30561-2017, ГОСТ Р 54902-2012

Checked: the consolidated list of Government Decree No. 2425 and the lists of 42 technical regulations out of 52 adopted. The others have no list by HS code, so see the full list of regulations.

How it is done in practice

Valid documents in the EAEU unified register for subheading 1703 10: certificates 0, declarations 23.

By technical regulation
ТР ТС 021/201123ТР ТС 022/201123ТР ТС 029/201217
Schemes
1д163д62д1The letter after the scheme number shows the form: certification or declaration of conformity.
Most active certification bodies
ООО «Пожтех»ООО «МосГорТест»РУП «Слуцкий центр стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации»
Manufacturers outside the EAEU
Vietnam5Germany2China1Egypt1France1Indonesia1

Manufacturers of these goods →Check a supplier’s document by its number →

Tariff preferences

The code is on the EAEU list of preferential goods: for goods originating in a beneficiary country the duty is lower

Least developed countrieszero rate0%
46 countries

Burkina Faso, Guinea, Eritrea, Congo - Kinshasa, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Mauritania, Yemen, Cambodia, Lesotho, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tanzania, Palestinian Territories, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Haiti, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Djibouti, Zambia, Kiribati, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Myanmar (Burma), Sudan, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Chad, South Sudan, Syria, Solomon Islands, Comoros, Togo, Tuvalu, Ethiopia, Somalia, Central African Republic

The preference requires a document of origin and compliance with the direct consignment rule; customs checks the right to it at declaration.

Payments on import

Duty for this code: 5%. On top of the duty, on import into Russia you pay VAT of 22% of the customs value including the duty (Article 160 of the Tax Code) and the customs processing fee — a fixed amount by value band. Customs value: the price of the goods, delivery to the border, local costs.

Import VAT in EAEU countries

  • Russia22%
  • Kazakhstan16%
  • Belarus20%
  • Armenia20%
  • Kyrgyzstan12%

Standard rate; each country has reduced rates and exemptions for some goods. The duty for the code above is the union one, the same for all

OKPD2 code

The match is set for the whole subheading, by the first six digits of the code

  • 10.81.14 — Меласса

Correspondence keys of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, edition of 20.07.2023. The ministry’s caveat: Ключи отражают возможные соответствия между кодами на уровне первых шести знаков ТН ВЭД ЕАЭС (основанной на ГС) и кодами ОКПД 2 (основанного на КПЕС) по состоянию на 1 января 2022 года. Предлагаемые соответствия не являются исчерпывающими и предназначены для использования в качестве вспомогательного материала для облегчения работы по установлению возможных вариантов корреляции кодов классификаторов в отношении соответствующих категорий товаров.

Настоящие переходные ключи (сопоставительные таблицы) разработаны на основе данных агентства Евростат Комиссии Европейского союза по корреляции кодов Гармонизированной системы описания и кодирования товаров (ГС) 2022 года и Статистической классификации продукции по видам экономической деятельности в Европейском союзе (КПЕС) 2008 года. Ключи отражают возможные соответствия между кодами на уровне первых шести знаков ТН ВЭД ЕАЭС (основанной на ГС) и кодами ОКПД 2 (основанного на КПЕС) по состоянию на 1 января 2022 года. Предлагаемые соответствия не являются исчерпывающими и предназначены для использования в качестве вспомогательного материала для облегчения работы по установлению возможных вариантов корреляции кодов классификаторов в отношении соответствующих категорий товаров. Услуги не являются объектом классификации в ТН ВЭД ЕАЭС и не включены в переходные ключи. По мере внесения изменений в ОКПД 2 и ТН ВЭД ЕАЭС переходные ключи при необходимости подлежат актуализации.

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