GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 3606.90
3606.90.10.00.00: Ligther flints.
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: GCC Common Customs Tariff, in force from 1 January 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into GCC
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
No additional measures recorded for this origin.
Same subheading in other tariffs
3606.90 Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms: other
UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU 6% – 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 6.3% 
Türkiye 6% – 6.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 6.3% 
USA Free – 5.9% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 3.6% 
Canada 6.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Mexico Free – 15% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 8.3% 
Brazil 12.6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 12.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Peru Free – 6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3% 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
Japan 3.3% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 6.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC lines: 3606.90
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.
- N303044 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of an outdoor survival kit from China.
- N271076 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a synthetic UF resin torch from Costa Rica.
- 600015003 HMRC
Firelighters. Natural firelighters made from pine, wood wool shavings. Wood wool firelighters are created by binding, shredding, and curling sustainably sourced wood fibres into small, shaped bundles, which are then dipped in paraffin wax and allowed to harden. This natural, eco-friendly process…
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover separate chemically defined compounds other than those described in note 2(a) or (b) below.
2. The expression ‘articles of combustible materials’ in heading 3606 applies only to:
(a) metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine and similar substances, put up in forms (for example, tablets, sticks or similar forms) for use as fuels; fuels with a basis of alcohol, and similar prepared fuels, in solid or semi-solid form;
(b) liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3; and
(c) resin torches, firelighters and the like.
HS code 3606.90.10.00.00 is a line of the GCC Common Customs Tariff under HS subheading 3606.90 (ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms: other).
The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Kilograms.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 6%–6.5%, the Türkiye duty is 6%–6.5%, the US duty is 0%–5.9%, the Canada duty is 6.5%, the Mexico duty is 0%–15%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is 0%–6%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is 3.3%, the Taiwan duty is 6.5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 6.5% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
The GCC states imported goods of subheading 3606.90 worth US$5m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the GCC import duty for HS code 3606.90.10.00.00?
The customs duty in the GCC Common Customs Tariff is 5%; the supplementary unit is Kilograms. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.