What Slovakia imports from outside the European Union, line by line, with the label language, its excise duties and what changes on the next 1 January.
Slovakia is one of the five EU Member States that import most from outside the Union in 245 lines of the 9,579 lines of the Combined Nomenclature with Eurostat data in 2025, and the first in 20. On 1 January 2027 the EU-Mercosur Agreement lowers the duty for Argentina on 75 lines of them.
245lines where it is one of the five EU countries that import most from outside
20where it is first of the 27
€8,719 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 Slovakia imports from outside the Union
The Combined Nomenclature lines where Slovakia 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.
Auto parts · 31 lines · €3,609 million · first in 5
8544 30 00Insulated wire › Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles…€870.1 million · 5th of the 27
8708 40 50Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 › Gear boxes€484.5 million · 3rd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.9% to 3.3%
8708 29 90Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 › Other parts…€440.5 million · 4th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.9% to 3.3%
8409 91 00Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston…€317.0 million · 2nd of the 27
8408 20 57Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines › Exceeding 100 kW and ≤ 200 kW€235.2 million · 1st of the 27
4104 41 51Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine or equine animals › Whole hides and skins…€27.1 million · 1st of the 27
4107 99 10Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting › Bovine (including buffalo) leather€1.2 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 5.2% to 3.9%
4104 11 10Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine or equine animals › Whole bovine hides…€141,235 · 5th of the 27
2403 99 10Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes › Chewing tobacco and snuff€6.6 million · 2nd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 36.4% to 31.2%
2403 99 90Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes › Other€3.9 million · 2nd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 14.5% to 12.4%
The rest of the nomenclature, by chapter · 172 lines
The lines that belong to no sector of the guides.
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 · 26 lines · €2,058 million · first in 3
8524 91 00Flat panel display modules › Of liquid crystals€1,010 million · 2nd of the 27
8524 11 00Flat panel display modules › Of liquid crystals€242.9 million · 2nd of the 27
8524 92 00Flat panel display modules › Of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED)€206.6 million · 2nd of the 27
Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof · 6 lines · €232.0 million
9029 20 31Speed indicators for vehicles€94.2 million · 3rd of the 27
9018 12 00Instruments and appliances used in medical › Ultrasonic scanning apparatus€56.1 million · 5th of the 27
9002 11 00Lenses › For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers€51.5 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 5.3% to 4%
Chapter 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings · 2 lines · €231.2 million
9401 99 20And parts thereof › Of seats of a kind used for motor vehicles€216.3 million · 4th of the 27
9404 30 00Mattress supports › Sleeping bags€14.9 million · 5th of the 27
Chapter 70 · Glass and glassware · 5 lines · €75.7 million · first in 1
7009 10 00Glass mirrors › Rear-view mirrors for vehicles€55.5 million · 5th of the 27
7019 66 00Glass fibres and articles thereof › Open woven fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm€11.8 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 6.1% to 5.2%
7011 10 00Glass envelopes › For electric lighting€4.8 million · 1st of the 27
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 · 5 lines · €71.3 million · first in 1
8606 10 00Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons › Tank wagons and the like€39.1 million · 1st of the 27
8607 19 10Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock › Axles, assembled or not…€28.6 million · 3rd of the 27
8607 99 10Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock › Axle-boxes and parts thereof€2.5 million · 2nd of the 27
Chapter 74 · Copper and articles thereof · 1 line · €20.6 million
7408 19 90Copper wire › Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension does not exceed 0,5 mm€20.6 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 4.2% to 3.6%
Chapter 63 · Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags · 2 lines · €15.1 million
6307 90 92Made-up articles › Single-use drapes made up of fabrics of heading 5603, of a kind used…€13.8 million · 2nd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 5% to 3.7%
6305 90 00Sacks and bags › Of other textile materials€1.3 million · 3rd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 4.9% to 3.7%
Chapter 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants · 11 lines · €4.7 million · first in 1
2009 90 19Fruit or nut juices and vegetable juices › Mixtures of apple and pear juice › Other€1.2 million · 1st of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 30.5% to 27.4%
2008 30 75Fruit › Mandarins; clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids€1.1 million · 4th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 15.9% to 14.3%
2008 80 70Fruit › Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg€824,676 · 3rd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 18.9% to 17%
Chapter 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes · 1 line · €3.3 million
1506 00 00Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not…€3.3 million · 3rd of the 27
Chapter 39 · Plastics and articles thereof · 1 line · €1.9 million
3916 90 50Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm › Of addition…€1.9 million · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 5.2% to 3.9%
Chapter 32 · Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks · 1 line · €556,528
3204 15 00Synthetic organic colouring matter › Vat dyes and preparations based thereon€556,528 · 4th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 5.2% to 3.9%
2101 30 19Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes › Other€200,101 · 2nd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 4.6% + €11.54/100 kg/net to 4.1% + €10.38/100 kg/net
3505 20 10Glues based on starches › Containing, by weight, < 25 % of starches or dextrins or other…€192,231 · 3rd of the 27 · on 1 January it moves to a new stage (see the sheet)
Chapter 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes · 2 lines · €80,690
2813 10 00Sulphides of non-metals › Carbon disulphide€54,590 · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 4.4% to 3.3%
2802 00 00Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur€26,100 · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.6% to 2.7%
5510 20 00Yarn of artificial staple fibres › Other yarn, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine…€70,085 · 5th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.5% to 3.1%
Chapter 87 · Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof · 1 line · €10,719 · first in 1
8702 30 90Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons › Of a cylinder capacity…€10,719 · 1st of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 8.7% to 7.5%
Chapter 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included · 1 line · €5,433 · first in 1
0407 29 90Birds' eggs › Other fresh eggs › Other€5,433 · 1st of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 6.1% to 4.6%
By value imported from outside the Union. The code opens the sheet, with the duty, the quota, the rule of origin and the requirements.
8524 91 00Flat panel display modules › Of liquid crystals€1,010 million · 2nd of the 27
8544 30 00Insulated wire › Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles…€870.1 million · 5th of the 27
8708 40 50Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 › Gear boxes€484.5 million · 3rd of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.9% to 3.3%
8708 29 90Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 › Other parts…€440.5 million · 4th of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.9% to 3.3%
8802 30 00Aircraft › Aeroplanes and other aircraft, of an unladen weight > 2 000 kg and ≤ 15 000 kg€395.2 million · 4th of the 27
8409 91 00Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston…€317.0 million · 2nd of the 27
2601 12 00Iron ores and concentrates › Agglomerated€250.3 million · 3rd of the 27
8524 11 00Flat panel display modules › Of liquid crystals€242.9 million · 2nd of the 27
8408 20 57Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines › Exceeding 100 kW and ≤ 200 kW€235.2 million · 1st of the 27
8407 34 10Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines…€234.8 million · 1st of the 27
9401 99 20And parts thereof › Of seats of a kind used for motor vehicles€216.3 million · 4th of the 27
8524 92 00Flat panel display modules › Of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED)€206.6 million · 2nd of the 27
8708 50 35Drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission…€195.8 million · 1st of the 27 · on 1 January it goes from 3.9% to 3.3%
4001 22 00Natural rubber › Technically specified natural rubber (TSNR)€163.6 million · 5th of the 27
8401 30 00Fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated (Euratom)€158.2 million · 2nd of the 27
9306 30 30Bombs › For military weapons€153.2 million · 2nd of the 27
8414 80 11Air or vacuum pumps › Single-stage€136.2 million · 2nd of the 27
8528 52 91Monitors and projectors › With a screen of the liquid crystal display (LCD) technology€130.9 million · 4th of the 27
8528 52 10Monitors and projectors › Of a kind solely or principally used in an automatic…€127.9 million · 5th of the 27
7108 13 80Gold › Other semi-manufactured forms › Other€122.7 million · 5th of the 27
We have not loaded which language Slovakia 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, Slovakia 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.
Art. 5: differentiated rates (local public transport, waste collection, armed forces and public administration, disabled people, ambulances)
€368 per 1,000 l
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Art. 7(2): commercial gas oil used as motor fuel
€368 per 1,000 l
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Kerosene
Rate
Amount
Condition
Motor fuel
€481.31 per 1,000 l
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Heating, business use
€481.31 per 1,000 l
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Heating, non-business use
€481.31 per 1,000 l
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Art. 8(2)(a): motor fuel for agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
€481.31 per 1,000 l
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Art. 15(3): agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
€481.31 per 1,000 l
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Art. 8(2)(b): stationary motors
€481.31 per 1,000 l
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Art. 8(2)(c): construction, civil engineering and public works machinery
€481.31 per 1,000 l
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Art. 8(2)(d): vehicles intended for use off the public highway
€481.31 per 1,000 l
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Heavy fuel oil
Rate
Amount
Condition
Heating, business use
€111.5 per 1,000 kg
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Heating, non-business use
€111.5 per 1,000 kg
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Art. 15(3): agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
€111.5 per 1,000 kg
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LPG
Rate
Amount
Condition
Motor fuel
€182 per 1,000 kg
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Heating, business use
€0 per 1,000 kg
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Heating, non-business use
€0 per 1,000 kg
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Art. 15(1)(i): motor fuel
€182 per 1,000 kg
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Art. 8(2)(a): motor fuel for agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
€182 per 1,000 kg
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Art. 15(3): agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
€182 per 1,000 kg
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Art. 8(2)(b): stationary motors
€182 per 1,000 kg
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Art. 8(2)(c): construction, civil engineering and public works machinery
€182 per 1,000 kg
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Art. 8(2)(d): vehicles intended for use off the public highway
€182 per 1,000 kg
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Art. 5: differentiated rates (local public transport, waste collection, armed forces and public administration, disabled people, ambulances)
€182 per 1,000 kg
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Natural gas
Rate
Amount
Condition
Motor fuel
€2.6 per GJ
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Heating, business use
€0.37 per GJ
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Heating, non-business use
€0.37 per GJ
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Art. 15(1)(i): motor fuel
€2.6 per GJ
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Art. 8(2)(a): motor fuel for agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
€2.6 per GJ
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Art. 15(3): agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
€2.6 per GJ
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Art. 5: differentiated rates (local public transport, waste collection, armed forces and public administration, disabled people, ambulances)
€2.6 per GJ
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Art. 8(2)(b): stationary motors
€2.6 per GJ
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Art. 8(2)(c): construction, civil engineering and public works machinery
€2.6 per GJ
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Art. 8(2)(d): vehicles intended for use off the public highway
€2.6 per GJ
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Coal and coke
Rate
Amount
Condition
Heating, business use
€10.62 per GJ
TEDB: “The national rate is 10.62 EUR/Tonne, conversion rate is 0.0316 t/GJ.”
Heating, non-business use
€10.62 per GJ
TEDB: “The national rate is 10.62 EUR/Tonne, conversion rate is 0.0316 t/GJ.”
Heating, non-business use
€0 per GJ
TEDB: “Exemptions: for dual use; in mineral. processes; for a purpose other than as motor fuel or heating fuel; combined power and heat generation; in the production of electricity and of coke and semi-coke; for the transportation of persons or cargo by rail or inland waterways as part of commercial activities; by a final household coal customer; for operational purposes and techn. purposes in a mining and coal-processing undertaking; Coal up to technically justified losses in storage and transport The”
Art. 15(3): agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
€10.62 per GJ
TEDB: “The national rate is 10.62 EUR/Tonne, conversion rate is 0.0316 t/GJ.”
Art. 15(1)(e): rail
€0 per GJ
TEDB: “The national rate is 0 EUR/Tonne, conversion rate is 0.0316 t/GJ.”
Electricity
Rate
Amount
Condition
Business use
€1.32 per MWh
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Non-business use
€1.32 per MWh
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Non-business use
€0 per MWh
TEDB: “Exemptions: used principally for the purposes of chemical reduction and in electrolytic and metallurgical processes; used in mineralogical processes; used for the manufacture of a product, when the cost of electricity accounts for more than 50% of the average own costs; used for the production of electricity and for maintaining the ability of the electricity generation facility to produce electricity; produced from a renewable source ... (exemptions continue in following cell)”
Non-business use
€0 per MWh
TEDB: “... generated in a facility for combined power and heat generation, if supplied directly to the final electricity consumer; used for combined power and heat generation; used for the transportation of persons and cargo by rail, underground, tram, trolleybus, electric bus or funicular; generated aboard a ship used for the transportation of persons or cargo, where such transportation is carried out as part of commercial activities; used by a final household electricity customer”
Art. 15(3): agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry
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.