Quick answer
TARIC (Tarif Intégré Communautaire) is the EU's integrated tariff database. It expands the global Harmonised System with EU-specific subheadings and overlays every customs measure — duty rates, anti-dumping duties, preferential rates under free trade agreements, quotas, suspensions, and prohibitions. Dutifi's TARIC Tariff Lookup will let you search any TARIC code, calculate full landed duty for any origin, and see every measure that applies.
What is the TARIC code?
TARIC stands for "Tarif Intégré des Communautés européennes" — the Integrated Tariff of the European Communities. It is a 10-digit goods classification system that extends the international 6-digit Harmonised System code with two extra digits for the EU Combined Nomenclature (CN) and a further two digits for EU-specific subheadings. Every commercial import into the EU declares a TARIC code, and the code determines which duty rate, regulatory measures, and documentation requirements apply.
TARIC is maintained by DG TAXUD (the European Commission's Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union) and is updated daily. Every change to a duty rate, every new anti-dumping investigation, every FTA preferential rate, and every safeguard quota propagates into TARIC and becomes legally binding the day it publishes.
Why TARIC lookup matters
The cost of misclassifying a TARIC code is twofold. First, the immediate financial cost: declaring an incorrect TARIC means paying the wrong duty rate. Under-declaration triggers post-clearance demand notes (PCDNs) for the unpaid duty plus interest and potential penalties. Over-declaration means overpaying duty and tying up working capital that takes months to recover via repayment claims.
Second, the regulatory cost: TARIC codes carry attached measures beyond duty. Importing under the wrong code can mean missing a required CITES permit, a CE marking declaration, an anti-dumping case-specific exemption certificate, or a prior surveillance authorisation. These omissions can result in the consignment being seized at the port of entry.
For high-volume importers, a 0.5% improvement in TARIC accuracy across a portfolio of thousands of declarations translates to substantial annual savings — both in duty correction and in avoided regulatory friction.
Who needs this tool
TARIC lookup is core infrastructure for several user groups:
- EU importers calculating landed cost before purchasing — duty + VAT + anti-dumping + freight gives true total.
- Customs brokers and freight forwarders preparing import declarations and confirming the correct duty rate at filing time.
- Procurement and trade-finance teams modelling the duty impact of changing origin countries or supplier mix.
- Compliance teams ensuring all attached measures (licences, anti-dumping case exemptions, CITES permits) are flagged before goods arrive.
- E-commerce platforms calculating duty at checkout for cross-border sales into the EU.
What this tool will do
Dutifi's TARIC Tariff Lookup will provide:
- Full-text search across all TARIC codes, with synonym matching for product descriptions.
- Duty rate display for any origin — third-country rate, FTA preferential rate (if eligible), GSP preferential rate (if eligible), and any temporary suspension.
- Anti-dumping and countervailing duty overlay — flags every case currently in force for the code-and-origin combination.
- Total landed duty calculator — input declared customs value, get duty, VAT, and any specific (per-unit) charges in one figure.
- Attached-measures view — every certificate, licence, CITES permit, or prior surveillance requirement attached to the code.
- TARIC code change history — see when a duty rate last changed and what it was previously.
Related Dutifi tools you can use today
While the TARIC Tariff Lookup is in development, Dutifi's AI Customs Broker can already answer tariff questions for any HS code and origin — it cites the relevant TARIC entry and explains attached measures in plain language. The Sanctions Screener can be paired with TARIC lookups to confirm whether a destination or counterparty would block the shipment regardless of duty rate.