EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 2903.69

2903 69 11

2903 69 11: Brominated or iodinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: other, bromides, dibromomethane

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 2903 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons:
  2. Brominated or iodinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons:
  3. 2903 69 Other:
  4. Bromides:
  5. 2903 69 11 Dibromomethane

What you pay

Importing into EU

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 3 additional measures Import requirements: 2
VAT standard rate of the member state of import, 17% to 27%
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Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Additional duties and charges 4

  • Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    Regulation 2658/87
    Documents
    • C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
  • Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    until 31 October 2026
    Legal act
    Regulation 0382/26
  • Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 November 2026
    Legal act
    Regulation 0382/26
    Documents
    • C127 Merchant product identifier
    • C128 Non-standardised manufacturer product identifier
    • C129 Standardised manufacturer product identifier
    • Y081 No standardised manufacturer product identifier for the declared product exists
  • Handling feeUnion handling fee 2 EUR
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 November 2026
    Legal act
    Regulation 2108/26
    Documents
    • Y126 Goods sold in distance sales

Import requirements 3

  • Import control
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Ukraine
    Legal act
    Regulation 0765/06, Regulation 0692/14
    Documents
    • Y727 The prohibitions defined in article 1ra paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1ra paragraph 3)
    • Y728 The prohibitions defined in article 1ra paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1ra paragraph 4)
    • L152 Import authorisation by virtue of article 1ra paragraph 10 of Council Regulation (EU) 765/2006
    • Y870 Goods entered the territory of the customs union of the EU and presented to customs authorities prior to the entry into force or to applicability date of the present sanction, whichever is latest (see Article 8f of Regulation (EU) No 765/2006)
    • Y997 Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
    • N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
    • N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
  • Import control
    Applies to goods from
    Russia
    In force
    until 31 December 2027
    Legal act
    Regulation 0833/14
    Documents
    • L142 Import authorisation by virtue of article 3i paragraph 3c of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
    • Y874 The prohibitions defined in article 3i.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 do not apply (see exemptions in article 3i.3aa)
    • L143 Import authorisation by virtue of article 12b.2 of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
    • Y859 Goods entered the territory of the customs union of the EU and presented to customs authorities prior to the entry into force or to applicability date of the present sanction, whichever is latest (see Article 12e of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014)
  • Import control
    Applies to goods from
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    Regulation 0263/22
    Documents
    • Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
    • N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
    • N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document

Export measures 6

Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.

Export measuresDestinationLegal actValidity
Export controlSanctions regime: Crimea and Sevastopol Ukraine Regulation 0692/14 25 February 2025
Export controlSanctions regime: Russia Russia Regulation 0833/14 26 June 2024
Export controlSanctions regime: Belarus Belarus Regulation 0765/06 25 February 2025
Export controlSanctions regime: Non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine Ukraine Regulation 0263/22 25 August 2022
Export control - Waste Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Israel, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Türkiye, United States Regulation 1157/24 21 May 2026
Export control - Waste All third countries (except Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Israel, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Türkiye, United States) Regulation 1157/24 21 May 2026

TARIC data as of 26 October 2026

Import VAT in the EU member states

The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.

  • Austria 20%
  • Belgium 21%
  • Bulgaria 20%
  • Croatia 25%
  • Cyprus 19%
  • Czechia 12% reduced rate
  • Denmark 25%
  • Estonia 24%
  • Finland 25.5%
  • France 20%
  • Germany 19%
  • Greece 24%
  • Hungary 27%
  • Ireland 23%
  • Italy 22%
  • Latvia 21%
  • Lithuania 21%
  • Luxembourg 17%
  • Malta 18%
  • Netherlands 21%
  • Poland 23%
  • Portugal 23%
  • Romania 21%
  • Slovakia 23%
  • Slovenia 22%
  • Spain 21%
  • Sweden 6% reduced rate

TEDB · 26 October 2026

EU: imports by month · HS 2903.69

last 12 months€8.7m-30.2% · previous 12 months
Average import price€6.47 per kg
Preferential rate5%
Jan 2024: €692kFeb 2024: €866kMar 2024: €987kApr 2024: €1.2mMay 2024: €3.5mJun 2024: €2.2mJul 2024: €1.8mAug 2024: €955kSept 2024: €505kOct 2024: €1.1mNov 2024: €269kDec 2024: €988kJan 2025: €718kFeb 2025: €1mMar 2025: €1.2mApr 2025: €1.2mMay 2025: €1.7mJun 2025: €1.2mJul 2025: €1.4mAug 2025: €1.1mSept 2025: €1.9mOct 2025: €655kNov 2025: €923kDec 2025: €230kJan 2026: €793kFeb 2026: €1.1mMar 2026: €649kApr 2026: €286kMay 2026: €524kJun 2026: €767kJul 2026: €377kAug 2026: €478k 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
China €4.6m 52.7% -36.1%
India €1.4m 15.6% -44%
United States €1.2m 14% -3.9%
Israel €940k 10.8% +25.1%
Japan €348k 4% -46.3%
Switzerland €124k 1.4% +210.5%
United Kingdom €74k 0.8% -36.9%
South Korea €32k 0.4% +964.3%

Same subheading in other tariffs

2903.69 Brominated or iodinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: other

EU lines: 2903.69

Binding rulings for similar goods

Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.

  • N325082 U.S. CBP 31 March 2022 · 2903.69.10.00

    The tariff classification of N-Butyl Bromide (CAS 109-65-9) from China

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 29 →

CN Explanatory Notes

The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.

General notes to the chapter

ORGANIC CHEMICALS

General

The letters ‘(INN)’, after a name appearing in the Combined Nomenclature and the explanatory notes thereto, indicate that the name is included in the list of International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances published by the World Health Organisation.

The letters ‘(INNM)’ indicate that the name is accepted by the World Health Organisation as an ‘International Nonproprietary Name Modified’.

The letters ‘(ISO)’ indicate that the name appears as one of the ‘common names for pest control chemicals and plant growth regulators’ in recommendation R 1750 of the International Organisation for Standardisation.

A fused system is one in which there are at least two rings which have one, and only one, common bond and have two, and only two, atoms in common.

Separate chemically defined organic compounds, presented as a food supplement in capsules (except microcapsules), for example of gelatine, are excluded from this chapter because the presentation in capsules is a treatment that is not covered by note 1 to this chapter.

Note 1(a)

See the HS General Explanatory Note to this chapter, (A), first four paragraphs.

This chapter includes:

1. anthracene of a purity by weight of 90 % or more (subheading 2902 90 00);

2. benzene of a purity by weight of 95 % or more (subheading 2902 20 00);

3. naphthalene having a crystallising point of 79,4 °C or more (subheading 2902 90 00);

4. toluene of a purity by weight of 95 % or more (subheading 2902 30 00);

5. xylenes containing by weight 95 % or more of xylene (total isomers) (subheadings 2902 41 00 to 2902 44 00);

6. ethane and other saturated acyclic hydrocarbons (other than methane and propane) put up as single isomers of a purity of 95 % or more by reference to volume for gaseous products (1) and to weight for non-gaseous products (subheading 2901 10 00);

7. ethylene of a purity by volume of 95 % or more (subheading 2901 21 00);

8. propene (propylene) of a purity by volume of 90 % or more (subheading 2901 22 00);

9. fatty alcohols of a purity by weight of 90 % or more, as calculated on the anhydrous product, and containing six or more carbon atoms (subheading 2905 16, 2905 17 00 or 2905 29 90);

10. cresols (single or mixed isomers) containing by weight 95 % or more of cresol, all cresol isomers being taken together (subheading 2907 12 00);

11. phenol of a purity by weight of 90 % or more (subheading 2907 11 00);

12. xylenols (single or mixed isomers) containing by weight 95 % or more of xylenol, all xylenol isomers being taken together (subheading 2907 19 10);

13. fatty acids (other than oleic acid) of a purity by weight of 90 % or more, as calculated on the anhydrous product, and containing six or more carbon atoms (headings 2915 and 2916);

14. oleic acid of a purity by weight of 85 % or more, as calculated on the anhydrous product (subheading 2916 15 00);

15. pyridine of a purity by weight of 95 % or more (subheading 2933 31 00);

16. methylpyridine (picoline), 5-ethyl-2-methylpyridine (5-ethyl-2-picoline) and 2-vinylpyridine, of a purity by weight of 90 % or more (subheading 2933 39);

17. quinoline of a purity by weight of 95 % or more, calculated on the anhydrous product (as ascertained by gas chromatography) (subheading 2933 49 90);

18. 1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinoline of a purity by weight exceeding 85 %, calculated on the anhydrous product (subheading 2933 49 90);

19. acridine of a purity by weight of 95 % or more, calculated on the anhydrous product (as ascertained by gas chromatography) (subheading 2933 99 80);

20. the derivatives of the fatty acids and of the fatty alcohols of items 9, 13 and 14 above (for example, salts, esters (other than those of glycerine), amines, amides, nitriles), provided that they satisfy the criteria set for the corresponding fatty acids and alcohols.

Note 1(b)

See the HS General Explanatory Note to this chapter, (A), final paragraph.

Note 1(d)

The aqueous solutions permitted are only those that are true solutions, even if because of insufficient water the substance is only partly dissolved.

Note 1(f)

As regards the addition of a stabiliser, anti-dusting agent, colouring agent or odoriferous substances, see the HS General Explanatory Note to this chapter, (A), penultimate paragraph.

Note 1(g)

As regards the addition of a stabiliser, anti-dusting agent, colouring agent or odoriferous substances, see the HS General Explanatory Note to this chapter, (A), penultimate paragraph.

Note 5

The provisions of this note apply only to the classification, as between headings, of the products concerned (see the HS General Explanatory Note to this chapter, (G)).

For classification as between the subheadings within a heading, the provisions of subheading note 1 to this chapter are to be applied.

(1) The gaseous state is observed at 15 °C and under a pressure of 1 013 millibar.

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union

This line in earlier years

The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.

YearDescriptionThird-country dutySupplementary unit
2026 Dibromomethane Free —
2025 unchanged Free —
2024 unchanged Free —
2023 unchanged Free —
2022 Dibromomethane Free —
2021 not in this year’s nomenclature — —
2020 not in this year’s nomenclature — —
2019 not in this year’s nomenclature — —

Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 2903 39 15.

In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 2903 69 11 is one of 3 lines under subheading 2903.69, brominated or iodinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: other.

The third-country duty is free, and quantities are declared in —.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported goods of subheading 2903.69 worth €8.7m (down 30% on the year before), at an average of €6.47 per kg; China supplied 53%, followed by India.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–4%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–5.5%, the US duty is 0%–3.7%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is free, the Argentina duty is free, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–3.1%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 5%.

EU member states imported goods of subheading 2903.69 worth US$55m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Israel.

Questions and answers

What is the EU import duty for CN code 2903 69 11?

The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is free; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Where does the EU import these goods from?

For subheading 2903.69 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Israel (US$6m), followed by China.

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