Chapter 18 — Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Nepal Customs Tariff 2026/27 import duty rates and 12 HS code lines for Cocoa and cocoa preparations (Section IV — Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body). Each code shows the general and SAARC customs duty; tap a code to open the full breakdown and landed-cost estimate.

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18.01 — Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1801.00.00	Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted.	kg	10%	6%

18.02 — Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1802.00.00	Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste.	kg	5%	5%

18.03 — Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1803.10.00	Not defatted	kg	10%	6%
1803.20.00	Wholly or partly defatted	kg	10%	6%

18.04 — Cocoa butter, fat and oil

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1804.00.00	Cocoa butter, fat and oil.	kg	10%	6%

18.05 — Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1805.00.00	Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.	kg	10%	6%

18.06 — Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1806.10.00	Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	kg	30%	30%
1806.20.00	Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg	kg	30%	30%
1806.31.00	Filled	kg	30%	30%
1806.32.00	Not filled	kg	30%	30%
1806.90.10	Preparations of Heading 19.04 containing more than 6% by weight of cocoa calculated on totally defatted basis or completely coated with chocolate on the outside even if it does not contain 6% by weight of cocoa.	kg	30%	30%
1806.90.90	Other	kg	30%	30%

Chapter 18 legal notes

Notes. 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 04.03, 19.01, 19.02, 19.04, 19.05, 21.05, 22.02, 22.08, 30.03 or 30.04. 2.- Heading 18.06 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this Chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.

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