What Estonia imports from outside the European Union, line by line, with the label language, its excise duties and what changes on the next 1 January.
Estonia is one of the five EU Member States that import most from outside the Union in 118 lines of the 9,579 lines of the Combined Nomenclature with Eurostat data in 2025, and the first in 21. On 1 January 2027 the EU-Mercosur Agreement lowers the duty for Argentina on 51 lines of them.
118lines where it is one of the five EU countries that import most from outside
21where it is first of the 27
€1,126 millionimported from outside the Union in those lines in 2025
The duty, the quota and the rule of origin are the same in all 27 Member States. What changes from one country to another is who buys what, the label language, VAT and excise duties.
What Estonia imports from outside the Union
The Combined Nomenclature lines where Estonia is one of the five EU Member States that import most from outside the Union (Eurostat, 2025), by sector of the guides. Each group shows the largest ones; the rest are in the guide or the chapter.
Eurostat counts an import in the country that declares it, which is not always where it is consumed, because the ports of the Netherlands and Belgium receive goods for the whole Union.
Oil and gas · 1 line · €40.9 million
2710 12 25Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals › Special spirits › Other€40.9 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.7% to 2.8%
Fish and seafood · 12 lines · €15.8 million · first in 1
0302 11 20Fish › Of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, with heads and gills on, gutted, weighing more…€6.7 million · 3rd of the 27
0305 59 85Fish › Dried fish, other than edible fish offal, whether or not salted but not smoked€2.5 million · 3rd of the 27
0304 49 10Fish fillets and other fish meat › Freshwater fish€2.3 million · 2nd of the 27
0304 94 90Fish fillets and other fish meat › Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) › Other€2.1 million · 5th of the 27
1604 19 92Prepared or preserved fish › Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)€1.3 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 16% to 12%
2204 22 94Wine with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication€125,926 · 2nd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from €7.92/hl to €5.94/hl
2204 22 93Wine of fresh grapes › White€92,053 · 1st of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from €7.92/hl to €5.94/hl
Chapter 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes · 6 lines · €39.9 million · first in 3
2825 90 85Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts › Other€24.4 million · 3rd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 4.4% to 3.3%
2846 10 00Compounds › Cerium compounds€10.8 million · 1st of the 27
2846 90 60Compounds of gadolinium, terbium or dysprosium€1.9 million · 4th of the 27
Chapter 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes · 1 line · €11.7 million · first in 1
1514 19 90Rape › Low-erucic-acid rape or colza oil and its fractions › Other€11.7 million · 1st of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 7.6% to 5.7%
Chapter 86 · Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds · 2 lines · €1.3 million
8606 30 00Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons › Self-discharging vans and wagons, other than…€1.2 million · 2nd of the 27
8603 90 00Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches › Other€68,630 · 5th of the 27
Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles · 1 line · €186,477
8514 32 90Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens › Plasma and vacuum arc furnaces€186,477 · 2nd of the 27
By value imported from outside the Union. The code opens the sheet, with the duty, the quota, the rule of origin and the requirements.
7108 12 00Gold › Other unwrought forms€343.9 million · 5th of the 27
9306 90 10Bombs › For military purposes€181.5 million · 3rd of the 27
8710 00 00Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted…€176.2 million · 2nd of the 27
9301 20 00Military weapons › Rocket launchers; flame-throwers; grenade launchers; torpedo tubes…€47.5 million · 2nd of the 27
2710 12 25Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals › Special spirits › Other€40.9 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.7% to 2.8%
7118 90 00Coin › Other€32.8 million · 4th of the 27
1204 00 90Linseed › Other€28.2 million · 4th of the 27
7306 61 99Other tubes › With a wall thickness exceeding 2 mm€28.1 million · 5th of the 27
2707 50 00Other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65 % or more by volume distils at 250 °C by…€26.0 million · 4th of the 27
2825 90 85Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts › Other€24.4 million · 3rd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 4.4% to 3.3%
8704 23 99Motor vehicles for the transport of goods › Used€21.7 million · 3rd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 19.9% to 17.9%
9301 10 00Military weapons › Artillery weapons (for example, guns, howitzers and mortars)€16.2 million · 3rd of the 27
4202 91 80Trunks › With outer surface of leather or of composition leather › Other€12.5 million · 4th of the 27
1514 19 90Rape › Low-erucic-acid rape or colza oil and its fractions › Other€11.7 million · 1st of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 7.6% to 5.7%
8108 20 00Titanium and articles thereof › Unwrought titanium; powders€11.2 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 4.3% to 3.7%
6217 90 00Parts€11.1 million · 1st of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 10.6% to 9.3%
2846 10 00Compounds › Cerium compounds€10.8 million · 1st of the 27
8108 30 00Titanium and articles thereof › Waste and scrap€9.4 million · 2nd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 4.3% to 3.7%
1803 20 00Cocoa paste › Wholly or partly defatted€9.2 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 8.7% to 7.8%
8701 21 90Tractors › Used€9.1 million · 4th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 14.5% to 13%
We have not loaded which language Estonia requires yet. It is set by national law, and we only load the ones checked against that law.
Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 says that «mandatory food information shall appear in a language easily understood by the consumers of the Member States where a food is marketed […] the Member States in which a food is marketed may stipulate that the particulars shall be given in one or more languages from among the official languages of the Union».
On top of the duty and VAT, Estonia charges excise duties on alcohol, tobacco and energy when the goods are released for consumption. The categories are set by EU directives and the amounts by each country. Situation on 1 July 2026, according to TEDB.
Alcoholic beverages
Beer
Rate
Amount
Condition
Standard rate
€15.4 per hl per degree of alcohol (% vol)
·
Reduced rate · small independent breweries
€7.7 per hl per degree of alcohol (% vol)
TEDB: “If annual amount of product is <=15,000 hl”
Counted on 30 October 2026. Before shipping, open the sheet of the line, which has the year-by-year schedule, the quota, the rule of origin and the calculator. See the 27 countries.