3103 11 00 and 3103 19 00 · Superphosphates
See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 3103, (A), (1).
EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 3103.19
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
Importing into EU
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
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.
TEDB · 24 October 2026
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 4.8% |
| GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms) | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and 8 moreAntarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, New Caledonia, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna | Free |
| GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance) | Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and 4 moreBolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia | Free |
| EEA - European Economic Area | Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| EU–Andorra customs union | Andorra | Free |
| EU–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| EU–Bosnia & Herzegovina agreement | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Free |
| EU–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| EU–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| EU–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| EU–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| EU–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| EU–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| EU–Algeria agreement | Algeria | Free |
| EU–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| EU–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. | Western Sahara | Free |
| EU–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| EU–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| EU–United Kingdom agreement | United Kingdom | Free |
| EU–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| EU–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| EU–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| EU–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| EU–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| EU–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| EU–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| EU–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| EU–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| EU–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| EU–Montenegro agreement | Montenegro | Free |
| EU–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| EU–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| EU–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| EU–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| EU–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| EU–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| EU–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| EU–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| EU–San Marino customs union | San Marino | Free |
| EU–Syria agreement | Syria | Free |
| EU–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| EU–Türkiye customs union | Türkiye | Free |
| EU–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| EU–United States agreement | United States | Free |
| EU–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| EU–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| EU–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| EU–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| GSP - General arrangements | Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia and 5 moreCongo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, Micronesia, Nigeria, Niue, Tajikistan, Vanuatu | 1.3% |
| Mercosur | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | 3.8% |
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| €14.3m | 62.8% | +90.1% | |
| €3.5m | 15.3% | +128.4% | |
| €3.4m | 14.8% | -21.2% | |
| €783k | 3.4% | -7.1% | |
| €608k | 2.7% | +353.5% | |
| €219k | 1% | +192.7% | |
| €37 | 0% | +3,600% | |
| €11 | 0% | — |
3103.19 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic: superphosphates, other
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) animal blood of heading 0511;
(b) separate chemically defined compounds (other than those answering to the descriptions in note 2(a), 3(a), 4(a) or 5 below); or
(c) cultured potassium chloride crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2,5 g each, of heading 3824; optical elements of potassium chloride (heading 9001).
2. Heading 3102 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or packages described in heading 3105:
(a) goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:
(1) sodium nitrate, whether or not pure;
(2) ammonium nitrate, whether or not pure;
(3) double salts, whether or not pure, of ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate;
(4) ammonium sulphate, whether or not pure;
(5) double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate;
(6) double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate;
(7) calcium cyanamide, whether or not pure or treated with oil;
(8) urea, whether or not pure;
(b) fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (a) above mixed together;
(c) fertilisers consisting of ammonium chloride or of any of the goods described in (a) or (b) above mixed with chalk, gypsum or other inorganic non-fertilising substances;
(d) liquid fertilisers consisting of the goods of subparagraph (a)(2) or (8) above, or of mixtures of those goods, in an aqueous or ammoniacal solution.
3. Heading 3103 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or packages described in heading 3105:
(a) goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:
(1) basic slag;
(2) natural phosphates of heading 2510, calcined or further heat-treated than for the removal of impurities;
(3) superphosphates (single, double or triple);
(4) calcium hydrogenorthophosphate containing not less than 0,2 % by weight of fluorine calculated on the dry anhydrous product;
(b) fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (a) above mixed together, but with no account being taken of the fluorine content limit;
(c) fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (a) or (b) above, but with no account being taken of the fluorine content limit, mixed with chalk, gypsum or other inorganic non-fertilising substances.
4. Heading 3104 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or packages described in heading 3105:
(a) goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:
(1) crude natural potassium salts (for example, carnallite, kainite and sylvite);
(2) potassium chloride, whether or not pure, except as provided in note 1(c) above;
(3) potassium sulphate, whether or not pure;
(4) magnesium potassium sulphate, whether or not pure;
(b) fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (a) above mixed together.
5. Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate), whether or not pure, and intermixtures thereof, are to be classified in heading 3105.
6. For the purposes of heading 3105, the term ‘other fertilisers’ applies only to products of a kind used as fertilisers and containing, as an essential constituent, at least one of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.
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.
See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 3103, (A), (1).
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union
The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.
| Year | Description | Third-country duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Other | 4.8% | kg P2O5 |
| 2025 | unchanged | 4.8% | kg P2O5 |
| 2024 | unchanged | 4.8% | kg P2O5 |
| 2023 | unchanged | 4.8% | kg P2O5 |
| 2022 | unchanged | 4.8% | kg P2O5 |
| 2021 | unchanged | 4.8% | kg P2O5 |
| 2020 | unchanged | 4.8% | kg P2O5 |
| 2019 | Other | 4.8% | kg P2O5 |
Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 3103 10 90.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 3103 19 00 is one of 1 line under subheading 3103.19, mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic: superphosphates, other.
The third-country duty is 4.8%, and quantities are declared in kg P2O5.
Goods from 153 countries can enter the EU at a preferential rate instead of the standard 4.8%; 140 of them pay no duty at all, for example under GSP-EBA or CARIFORUM.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported goods of subheading 3103.19 worth €22.7m (up 58% on the year before), at an average of €0.27 per kg; Egypt supplied 63%, followed by Lebanon.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 4%, the Türkiye duty is 4.8%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 5.4%, the Argentina duty is 5.4%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is free.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 3103.19 worth US$49m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Egypt, and the United Kingdom ranked 4th with US$1m.
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 4.8%; the supplementary unit is kg P2O5. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
153 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 140 of them at 0%, under GSP-EBA, CARIFORUM and OCTs and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
For subheading 3103.19 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Egypt (US$11m), followed by Israel.