1806 20 300 0 — Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg, containing a combined weight of >= 25% but < 31% of cocoa butter and milkfat (excl. cocoa powder)
Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg, containing a combined weight of >= 25% but < 31% of cocoa butter and milkfat (excl. cocoa powder)
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.
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
None: 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
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
- 18Cocoa and cocoa preparations
- 1806Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
- 1806 20Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg (excl. cocoa powder)
- 1806 20 30Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg, containing a combined weight of >= 25% but < 31% of cocoa butter and milkfat (excl. cocoa powder)
- 1806 20 300 0you are here
Explanatory notes to heading 1806 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.
1806 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa (+): 1806 10 – Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 1806 20 – Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other similar form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg – Other, in blocks, slabs or bars: 1806 31 – – Filled 1806 32 – – Not filled 1806 90 – Other
Chocolate consists mainly of cocoa paste and sugar or other sweeteners, usually with flavoring additives, and cocoa butter; in some cases ayahi
cocoa powder and vegetable oil may replace the cocoa paste. Milk, coffee, hazelnuts, almonds, orange peel, etc., are also sometimes added. Chocolate and products of chocolate may be put up either in the form of blocks, slabs, tablets, bars, pastilles, croquettes, granules or powder, or in the form of filled chocolates with a filling of cream, fruit, liqueur, etc. The heading also covers all sugar confectionery containing cocoa in any proportion (including chocolate nougat), sweetened cocoa powder, chocolate powder, chocolate paste, and, in general, all food preparations containing cocoa (other than those excluded by the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter). Chocolate enriched with vitamins is also classified in this heading. The heading excludes: (a) white chocolate (consisting of cocoa butter, sugar and milk powder) (heading 1704); (b) sweet biscuits and other bakers' wares and pastry products, completely coated with chocolate (heading 1905). Subheading Explanatory Notes. Subheading 1806 20 Goods presented "in other similar forms" are classified in subheading 1806 20 if they are in the form of tablets, grains, discs, drops, balls, chips, flakes, sprinkles, shavings and the like. The goods of this subheading are generally intended for the manufacture of chocolate products, bakers' wares, sugar confectionery, ice cream, etc., or are used for decorative purposes. Subheading 1806 31 For the purposes of this subheading, the term "filled" means blocks, slabs or bars having an inner cavity filled with, for example, cream, a sugar crust, desiccated coconut, fruits, fruit paste, liqueur paste, marzipan, nuts, nougat, caramel or a combination of these products, enclosed in chocolate. Solid blocks, slabs or bars of chocolate containing, for example, cereal grains, fruit or nuts (whether whole or in pieces) which are embedded throughout the chocolate are not regarded as "filled" chocolate.
Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board
Notes to chapter 18 — Cocoa and cocoa preparations 3 items
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. This chapter does not cover:
(a) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
(b) preparations of headings 0403, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2105, 2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004.
2. Heading 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to note 1 to this chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.
Additional 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. Подсубпозиции 1806 90 110 0 и 1806 90 190 0 не включают шоколадные конфеты, изготовленные целиком из шоколада одного типа.
What import requires
Russian bans and restrictions
May applyWhether a measure applies to your goods is determined by the provisos in the “code” column. Measures are taken from the register as of the date the act was published; the act is named on every line
- 1806Into RussiaProhibited
Товары происхождения либо отправления Украины
Шоколад и прочие готовые пищевые продукты, содержащие какао
Countries: Украина
Указ Президента РФ от 22.10.2018 № 592; Постановление Правительства РФ от 29.12.2018 № 1716-83
Veterinary and sanitary control
Goods fall under supervision by their type and characteristics
Sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control)
rule for the whole chapter 18Пищевые 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 мерыРешение Коллегии Евразийской экономической комиссии от 17.09.2019 № 154
Conformity assessment
May applyWhether the goods fall under a regulation depends on their name and characteristics. Check them against the list
- Диабетическая пищевая продукция (пищевая продукция, в которой отсутствуют или снижено содержание легкоусвояемых углеводов (моносахаридов – глюкоза, фруктоза, галактоза, и дисахаридов – сахароза, лактоза) относительно их содержания в аналогичной пищевой продукции и (или) изменен углеводный состав) (представление декларации о соответствии не требуется) — state registration certificate (part of the heading)
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 1806 20: certificates 0, declarations 1,539.
- By technical regulation
- ТР ТС 021/20111,538ТР ТС 022/20111,534ТР ТС 029/20121,447ТР ТС 024/20117ТР ТС 033/20134
- Schemes
- 3д1,0611д3382д1394д1The letter after the scheme number shows the form: certification or declaration of conformity.
- Most active certification bodies
- РУП «Научно-практический центр Национальной академии наук Беларуси по продовольствию»ООО «М ДЖИ ЭКСПЕРТ»ООО «Центр Сертификации Стандарт»
- Manufacturers outside the EAEU
- Türkiye127Italy120China102Iran94Germany90Poland53
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
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%Tax Code of Russia, Art. 164(3) (Federal Law No. 425-FZ of 28.11.2025)
- Kazakhstan16%Tax Code of Kazakhstan, Art. 503(1), from 01.01.2026
- Belarus20%Tax Code of Belarus, Art. 122
- Armenia20%Tax Code of the Republic of Armenia
- Kyrgyzstan12%Tax Code of the Kyrgyz Republic
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
- 10.82.21 — Шоколад и пищевые продукты, содержащие какао (кроме подслащенного какао-порошка), в неупакованном виде
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.
The right code is in the HS code search.