Subheading · Chapter 28 · Heading 2834

2834.29

2834.29: Nitrites; nitrates, nitrates, other

Official description Other

Subheading 2834.29 belongs to heading 2834 (nitrites; nitrates) in chapter 28.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty 2% – 4% standard rate · across 3 national lines depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 5
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 2834 29 00 00 Other
  2. 2834 29 20 00 Of barium; of beryllium; of cadmium; of cobalt; of nickel; of lead 4%
  3. 2834 29 40 00 Of copper 4%
  4. 2834 29 80 00 Other 2%

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 2

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    2022 No. 833
    Documents
    • 9018
  • 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
    2020 No. 1431
    Documents
    • C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)

Import requirements 5

  • Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
    Applies to goods from
    North Korea
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/411
  • Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
    Applies to goods from
    Russia, Ukraine
    Legal act
    2023 No. 440, S.I. 2022/395
    Documents
    • 9011
    • 9022
    • 9038
    • 9009
    • 9010
    • 9017
  • Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
    Applies to goods from
    Iran, North Korea
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/461, S.I. 2019/411
    Documents
    • Y966 Goods other than those described in the MG footnotes linked to the measure (Missile Technology Control Regime list - Annex III of Reg. (EU) 267/2012)
    • Y920 Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
  • Import controlImport control - Waste
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/590
    Documents
    • C672 Information document accompanying shipments of waste as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 18 and Annex VII
    • C669 Notification document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 - Article 5 and Annex IA
    • Y923 Product not subjected to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157
    • C670 Movement document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 5 and Annex IB
  • Import controlAmmonium Nitrates (Imports)
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    The Ammonium Nitrate Materials (High Nitrogen Cont
    Documents
    • 9046
    • 9043
    Tariff lines
    on 1 of 3 lines

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—2% – 4%
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more

Afghanistan, 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, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

Free
European Union (including code "EU")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Free
DCTS Enhanced
Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more

Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu

Free
CARIFORUM
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 more

Antigua & 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)
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 more

Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands

Free
Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Free
SADC EPA Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia Free
Eastern and Southern Africa States Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe Free
CPTPP Brunei, Malaysia Free
UK–Andorra agreement Andorra Free
UK–Albania agreement Albania Free
UK–Australia agreement Australia Free
UK–Canada agreement Canada Free
UK–Switzerland agreement Switzerland Free
UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement Côte d’Ivoire Free
UK–Chile agreement Chile Free
UK–Cameroon agreement Cameroon Free
UK–Colombia agreement Colombia Free
UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement Ceuta & Melilla Free
UK–Ecuador agreement Ecuador Free
UK–Egypt agreement Egypt Free
UK–Fiji agreement Fiji Free
UK–Faroe Islands agreement Faroe Islands Free
UK–Georgia agreement Georgia Free
UK–Ghana agreement Ghana Free
DCTS Standard Indonesia Free
UK–Israel agreement Israel Free
UK–India agreement India Free
UK–Iceland agreement Iceland Free
UK–Jordan agreement Jordan Free
UK–Japan agreement Japan Free
UK–Kenya agreement Kenya Free
UK–South Korea agreement South Korea Free
UK–Lebanon agreement Lebanon Free
UK–Liechtenstein agreement Liechtenstein Free
UK–Morocco agreement Morocco Free
UK–Moldova agreement Moldova Free
UK–North Macedonia agreement North Macedonia Free
UK–Mexico agreement Mexico Free
UK–Norway agreement Norway Free
UK–New Zealand agreement New Zealand Free
UK–Peru agreement Peru Free
UK–Papua New Guinea agreement Papua New Guinea Free
UK–Palestinian Territories agreement Palestinian Territories Free
UK–Serbia agreement Serbia Free
UK–Solomon Islands agreement Solomon Islands Free
UK–Singapore agreement Singapore Free
UK–San Marino agreement San Marino Free
UK–Tunisia agreement Tunisia Free
UK–Türkiye agreement Türkiye Free
UK–Ukraine agreement Ukraine Free
UK–Vietnam agreement Vietnam Free
UK–Samoa agreement Samoa Free
UK–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
UK–South Africa agreement South Africa Free

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£8.4m+4.8% · previous 12 months
Average import price£0.40 per kg
Jan 2024: £457kFeb 2024: £916kMar 2024: £508kApr 2024: £899kMay 2024: £389kJun 2024: £586kJul 2024: £939kAug 2024: £733kSept 2024: £751kOct 2024: £690kNov 2024: £553kDec 2024: £505kJan 2025: £702kFeb 2025: £688kMar 2025: £912kApr 2025: £724kMay 2025: £1mJun 2025: £358kJul 2025: £673kAug 2025: £444kSept 2025: £740kOct 2025: £489kNov 2025: £947kDec 2025: £349kJan 2026: £607kFeb 2026: £726kMar 2026: £614kApr 2026: £1.2mMay 2026: £649kJun 2026: £793kJul 2026: £578kAug 2026: £688k 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
Norway £2m 23.2% +0.2%
Italy £968k 11.5% +15.8%
Spain £929k 11% +2.9%
Netherlands £891k 10.6% +40%
Sweden £844k 10% +14.4%
Poland £782k 9.3% -9.3%
Türkiye £589k 7% -9.9%
Germany £547k 6.5% +64.1%

Same subheading in other tariffs

World trade in 2024

2834.29 · US$409m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$311kUS$311k+US$3m+US$16m+> US$31m

Exports: 83
  1. China: US$109m
  2. Norway: US$47m
  3. Malaysia: US$31m
  4. Belgium: US$26m
  5. Germany: US$23m
  6. Poland: US$22m
  7. Spain: US$19m
  8. United States: US$17m
  9. Netherlands: US$16m
  10. United Kingdom: US$13m
  11. Japan: US$8m
  12. India: US$7m
  13. France: US$7m
  14. Italy: US$6m
  15. South Africa: US$5m
  16. Mexico: US$4m
  17. Türkiye: US$4m
  18. Russia: US$4m
  19. Taiwan: US$4m
  20. Australia: US$3m
  21. Peru: US$3m
  22. Czechia: US$3m
  23. Hong Kong SAR China: US$3m
  24. Slovakia: US$3m
  25. Canada: US$2m
  26. Sweden: US$2m
  27. Portugal: US$2m
  28. Kazakhstan: US$2m
  29. Denmark: US$2m
  30. Thailand: US$2m
  31. South Korea: US$1m
  32. Switzerland: US$1m
  33. Ireland: US$1m
  34. Austria: US$935k
  35. Hungary: US$680k
  36. Bangladesh: US$647k
  37. Brazil: US$553k
  38. Israel: US$500k
  39. Greece: US$404k
  40. Lithuania: US$315k
  41. Slovenia: US$311k
  42. Chile: US$256k
  43. Estonia: US$235k
  44. Bulgaria: US$184k
  45. Finland: US$168k
  46. Uzbekistan: US$159k
  47. Nigeria: US$157k
  48. Morocco: US$149k
  49. Egypt: US$135k
  50. Colombia: US$133k
  51. Ghana: US$103k
  52. Kenya: US$76k
  53. Ukraine: US$76k
  54. Singapore: US$75k
  55. Indonesia: US$68k
  56. Honduras: US$66k
  57. United Arab Emirates: US$64k
  58. Cuba: US$60k
  59. Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$48k
  60. Tanzania: US$43k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$109m 26.7%
2 Norway US$47m 11.5%
3 Malaysia US$31m 7.6%
4 Belgium US$26m 6.4%
5 Germany US$23m 5.6%
6 Poland US$22m 5.4%
7 Spain US$19m 4.5%
8 United States US$17m 4.1%
9 Netherlands US$16m 3.9%
10 United Kingdom US$13m 3.3%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 United States US$28m 6.9%
2 Germany US$24m 5.8%
3 Mexico US$22m 5.3%
4 France US$21m 5.1%
5 Netherlands US$18m 4.4%
6 Canada US$16m 3.9%
7 Australia US$16m 3.8%
8 South Korea US$15m 3.7%
9 Japan US$15m 3.6%
10 Thailand US$15m 3.6%

The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 2834.29 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is between 2% and 4% (average 3.3%).

In the EU Combined Nomenclature, subheading 2834.29 covers 3 tariff lines and the duty is between 3% and 5.5%.

174 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of 2% – 4%.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

Imports of these goods into the UK came to £8.4m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 5% on the year before); Norway supplied 23%, followed by Italy.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$409m (−29.5% year on year).

The largest exporter was China (US$109m), followed by Norway.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for nitrites; nitrates, nitrates, other?

Nitrites; nitrates, nitrates, other fall under HS subheading 2834.29, part of heading 2834, in section VI of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on nitrites; nitrates, nitrates, other in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 2834.29 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2% to 4%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on nitrites; nitrates, nitrates, other in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 2834.29 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 3% to 5.5%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most nitrites; nitrates, nitrates, other?

China, with US$109m in 2024 (26.7% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 2% – 4% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.

Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?

The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Norway (23%), Italy (12%) and Spain (11%), out of total imports of £8.4m.