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CN Codes

Last updated July 2024

Please refer to the list below to find the relevant CN code for you cheese entries. This code should be added to any relevant export documents required, such as your commercial invoice and packing list. The code for each product must contain eight digits.

Category   CN Code

5001

Soft goats’ milk cheese (fresh) 04069099
5002 Soft goats’ milk cheese (mould-ripened) 04069099
5003 Semi-hard goats’ milk cheese 04069099
5004 Hard goats’ milk cheese 04069099
5005 Goats’ milk cheese with additives 04069099
5006 Blue goats’ milk cheese 04064090
5007 Smoked goats’ milk cheese 04069099
5010 Soft washed-rind goats’ milk cheese 04069099
5011 Semi-hard washed-rind goats’ milk
cheese
04069099
5012 Hard washed-rind goats’ milk cheese 04069099

Category

  CN Code
5101 Soft ewes’ milk cheese 04069099
5102 Semi-hard ewes’ milk cheese 04069099
5103 Hard ewes’ milk cheese 04069099
5104 Smoked ewes’ milk cheese 04069099
5105 Ewes’ milk cheese with additives 04069099
5106 Blue ewes’ milk cheese 04064090
5107 Manchego PDO 04069099
5109 Idiazabal PDO 04069099
5110 Pecorino PDO 04069063
5113 Soft washed-rind ewes’ milk cheese 04069099
5114 Semi-hard washed-rind ewes’ milk
cheese
04069099
5115 Hard washed-rind ewes’ milk cheese 04069099

Category   CN Code
5225 Double Gloucester 04069081
5226 Leicester 04069081
5227 Caerphilly 04069093
5228 Lancashire (all varieties) 04069081
5230 Wensleydale 04069081
5231 Cheshire 04069081
5232 Parmigiano Reggiano PDO (18-23
months)
04069061
5233 Parmigiano Reggiano PDO (24-29
months)
04069061
5234 Parmigiano Reggiano PDO (30-39
months)
04069061
5235 Parmigiano Reggiano PDO (40+
months)
04069061
5236 Grana Padano PDO (< 18 months) 04069061
5237 Grana Padano PDO (18+ months) 04069061
5238 Provolone PDO 04069073
5240 Emmental 04069013
5242 Gruyère AOP (< 9 months) 04069015
5243 Gruyère AOP (9+ months) 04069015
5245 Gouda (< 9 months) 04069078
5246 Gouda (9+ months) 04069078
5247 Semi-hard cows’ milk cheese 04069099
5248 Hard cows’ milk cheese 04069099
5250 Smoked cows’ milk cheese 04069099
5253 Comté PDO (< 9 months) 04069093
5254 Comté PDO (9+ months) 04069093
5260 Mild block Cheddar 04069021
5261 Medium block Cheddar 04069021
5262 Mature block Cheddar 04069021
5263 Extra-mature block Cheddar 04069021
5264 Mild traditional (shape) Cheddar 04069021
5265 Medium traditional (shape) Cheddar 04069021
5266 Mature traditional (shape) Cheddar 04069021
5267 Extra-mature traditional (shape) Cheddar 04069021
5268 West Country Farmhouse Cheddar PDO 04069021
5302 Soft cows’ milk cheese (fresh) 04069099
5306 Mozzarella (cows’ milk) 04061030
5309 Brie (de Meux or de Melun PDO) 04069084
5311 Camembert de Normandie PDO 04069082
5319 Burrata (cows’ milk) 04061030
5320 Soft washed-rind cows’ milk cheese 04069099
5321 Semi-hard washed-rind cows’ milk
cheese
04069099
5322 Hard washed-rind cows’ milk cheese 04069099
5323 Soft cows’ milk cheese (mould-ripened) 04069099
5405 Gorgonzola PDO 04064050
5410 Soft blue cows’ milk cheese 04064090
5411 Semi-hard blue cows’ milk cheese 04064090
5412 Hard blue cows’ milk cheese 04064090
5413 Blue Stilton PDO 04064090
5414 White Stilton PDO 04069099
5415 Stilton with additives 04069099
5603 Processed cows’ milk cheese 04063010
5605 Hard pressed or repressed cows’ milk
cheese with additives
04069099
5608 Soft or unpressed cows’ milk cheese
with additives
04069099
5611 Fresh cows’ milk cheese with additives 04069099

Category   CN Code
5801 Cheese made with the milk of more
than one anima
04069099
5815 Feta PDO (ewes’ milk or goat &
ewes’ milk)

04069099

Category   CN Code
5701 Mozzarella di Bufala 04061030
5702 Soft buffalo milk cheese (fresh) 04064090
5703 Soft buffalo milk cheese (mould-ripened) 04064090
5704 Semi-hard buffalo milk cheese 04064090
5705 Hard buffalo milk cheese 04064090
5706 Buffalo milk cheese with additives 04064090
5707 Blue buffalo milk cheese 04064090