Tariff Stop Press Notice - 19 March 2025
Update to Banana Import Licence Requirement
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- 19 March 2025
Update to Banana Import Licence Requirement
From: : HM Revenue & Customs
Published : 19 March 2025
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Update to Banana Import Licence Requirement:
Please note the upcoming tariff measure change for bananas as of 21 March 2025, does not impact on existing arrangements for traders who declare Additional Procedure Code 1BN at the time of import together with document code C046 and document status code XU.
For further information, please see Tariff Stop Press Notice - 21 February 2025.
Update to Suspension Measures:
Following the publication of Tariff Stop Press Notice - 14 March 2025 HMRC are aware of the following current suspension issues:
- 2915704098 missing measure type 103 measure with additional code 2701.
- 3808942030 missing measure type 112 as previous measure was inadvertently ended for 13 March 2025.
HMRC are also aware of some potential issues with the application of the document codes as outlined in the initial Stop Press Notice. A breakdown of the current commodity codes where the document codes are correctly applied can be found in the table below.
| Commodity Code | Applicable Document Codes |
|---|---|
| 2915120000 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 2918140090 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 3808942030 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 3824999299 | 9Y12 and 9Y15 |
| 3926909790 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 4015120000 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 5603121010 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 5603129010 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 5603129030 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 5603129060 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 5603131020 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 5603139030 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 5603139060 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 5603919010 | 9Y11 and 9Y12 |
| 7601203000 | 9Y12 and 9Y15 |
| 7601204000 | 9Y12 and 9Y15 |
Please note that other suspension measures may currently be missing these document codes as of 14 April 2025.
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