Import rules · updated 10 October 2026
Importing Brazilian sugar into Jordan: duty, permits and documents.
Jordan is open to private importers. Refined cane or beet sugar (HS 1701.99.10) pays 0% customs duty and 0% general sales tax in Jordan Customs’ tariff; the “other” line, 1701.99.90, pays 10% duty and 16% sales tax. Jordan Customs publishes a full sugar import procedure by sea: an importer card from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, test results, customs approval and Jordan Food and Drug Administration procedures. Labels must be in Arabic. Brazil recorded no white sugar exports to Jordan in 2025.
Brazil’s sugar trade with Jordan
ComexStat records no Brazilian white sugar (NCM 1701.99) shipped to Jordan in 2025. Jordan buys refined sugar from other origins, so a Brazilian cargo would be a new route rather than an established one.
Importing into Jordan? Send your grade, quantity and discharge port. You pay the supplier directly, never me.
Send a requirement →The procedure
- Before import: an importer card from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, issued or renewed. Shipments by unregistered importers pay a penalty of 2.5% of CIF value.
- After arrival: test results, approval of the customs declaration, and the Jordan Food and Drug Administration’s procedures.
- Aqaba is Jordan’s seaport.
Duty and labelling
| Charge | Rate | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Customs duty, refined sugar (1701.99.10) | 0% | Jordan Customs tariff system, checked 10 Oct 2026 |
| General sales tax, refined sugar (1701.99.10) | 0% | Jordan Customs tariff system, checked 10 Oct 2026 |
| Customs duty, other (1701.99.90) | 10% (WITS lists 5% for 2023) | Jordan Customs tariff system, checked 10 Oct 2026; WITS 2023 |
| General sales tax, other (1701.99.90) | 16% | Jordan Customs tariff system, checked 10 Oct 2026 |
Labels must be in Arabic or carry an Arabic adhesive label, showing the name, manufacturer, net weight, lot number, best-before date, origin and storage conditions. The standards body treats the best-before date as the expiry date.
What to confirm before you order
- That your sugar is classified under 1701.99.10, which carries 0% duty and 0% general sales tax (10% and 16% on 1701.99.90).
Rules on this page were checked against the sources below on 10 October 2026. Duties, levies and permits change, sometimes by decree. Confirm every figure with Jordan’s customs authority before you order. See all countries.
Know your permits and your port? That is everything I need to request a current supplier response.
Send a requirement →Sources
- ComexStat (MDIC), Brazilian exports by NCM 1701.99.00 and 1701.14.00, January–December 2025, via api-comexstat.mdic.gov.br, retrieved 29 Sep 2026
- Jordan Customs, Integrated Tariff System, heading 1701, checked 10 Oct 2026: https://services.customs.gov.jo/jccits/search_tariffcode.aspx?parent=1701; World Bank WITS / UNCTAD TRAINS, MFN tariff for HS 170199, Jordan, 2023
- Jordan Trade Portal, Sugar Import Full Procedure by Seaports: https://tradeportal.customs.gov.jo/procedure/1797?l=en
- USDA FAS GAIN, FAIRS Country Report: Jordan, JO2025-0009, 24 Jun 2025: https://apps.fas.usda.gov/
- Aqaba Development Corporation: https://www.adc.jo/
Checked on 10 October 2026. Rules and web pages change; check the source before you rely on a detail.