Subheading · Chapter 28 · Heading 2842

2842.90

2842.90: Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids: other

Official description Other

2842.90 is a six-digit subheading of heading 2842, other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, chapter 28.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty Free standard rate · across 8 national lines depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 4
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 2842 90 00 00 Other
  2. 2842 90 10 00 Salts, double salts or complex salts of selenium or tellurium acids Free
  3. 2842 90 10 10 Sodium selenate (cas rn 13410-01-0) Free+3
  4. 2842 90 10 90 Other Free+3
  5. 2842 90 20 00 Lithium iron phosphate Free+3
  6. 2842 90 70 00 Other Free
  7. 2842 90 70 20 Potassium peroxymonosulphate sulphate Free+3
  8. 2842 90 70 40 Lead chromate molybdate sulphate red (c.i. pigment red 104) (cas rn 12656-85-8) Free+3
  9. 2842 90 70 50 Lead sulfochromate yellow (c.i. pigment yellow 34) (cas rn 1344-37-2) Free+3
  10. 2842 90 70 60 Potassium hydroxyoctaoxodizincatedichromate (cas rn 11103-86-9) Free+3
  11. 2842 90 70 80 Other Free+3

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 4

  • 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
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    S.I. 2022/395
    Documents
    • 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

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—Free
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–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–XC agreement XC Free
UK–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
UK–XL agreement XL Free
UK–South Africa agreement South Africa Free

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£11.7m+21.2% · previous 12 months
Average import price£2.96 per kg
Jan 2024: £999kFeb 2024: £983kMar 2024: £654kApr 2024: £916kMay 2024: £1.2mJun 2024: £1.6mJul 2024: £1.2mAug 2024: £1.4mSept 2024: £1.1mOct 2024: £425kNov 2024: £1.1mDec 2024: £771kJan 2025: £476kFeb 2025: £616kMar 2025: £633kApr 2025: £580kMay 2025: £1.6mJun 2025: £730kJul 2025: £459kAug 2025: £1.1mSept 2025: £974kOct 2025: £739kNov 2025: £1mDec 2025: £463kJan 2026: £968kFeb 2026: £1.4mMar 2026: £1mApr 2026: £1.2mMay 2026: £1.2mJun 2026: £913kJul 2026: £885kAug 2026: £869k 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
United States £6.7m 57.3% +10.7%
China £1.5m 12.7% +49.4%
Germany £1.4m 11.7% -1.6%
Canada £1.2m 9.9% +650.1%
Sweden £228k 1.9% +14,766.9%
Türkiye £185k 1.6% -38%
Poland £169k 1.4% +83.9%
Belgium £74k 0.6% +80.2%

Same subheading in other tariffs

The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.

World trade in 2024

2842.90 · US$843.2m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$118.3kUS$118.3k+US$1.8m+US$11.4m+> US$76.5m

Exports: 85
  1. China: US$401.7m
  2. Germany: US$91.8m
  3. Japan: US$76.5m
  4. South Korea: US$67.6m
  5. Hong Kong SAR China: US$56.5m
  6. United States: US$49.9m
  7. United Kingdom: US$12.4m
  8. Belgium: US$11.4m
  9. Netherlands: US$10m
  10. Canada: US$9m
  11. Spain: US$8.8m
  12. Poland: US$7.9m
  13. India: US$6.1m
  14. Taiwan: US$5.8m
  15. France: US$5m
  16. Italy: US$4.7m
  17. Philippines: US$3.9m
  18. Türkiye: US$2.7m
  19. Brazil: US$2.4m
  20. Malaysia: US$1.8m
  21. United Arab Emirates: US$727.6k
  22. Slovenia: US$605.2k
  23. Switzerland: US$562.7k
  24. Singapore: US$543.5k
  25. Luxembourg: US$421.3k
  26. Australia: US$421k
  27. Denmark: US$353.9k
  28. Vietnam: US$322.4k
  29. Colombia: US$321.9k
  30. Sweden: US$302.1k
  31. South Africa: US$280.1k
  32. Czechia: US$269.9k
  33. Peru: US$223.9k
  34. Finland: US$194.1k
  35. Mexico: US$187.3k
  36. Uganda: US$167.1k
  37. Ireland: US$155.3k
  38. Russia: US$151.7k
  39. Thailand: US$129.6k
  40. Norway: US$118.3k
  41. Austria: US$95.9k
  42. Indonesia: US$94.7k
  43. Panama: US$76.3k
  44. Bahrain: US$75.6k
  45. Hungary: US$70.3k
  46. Estonia: US$65.6k
  47. Armenia: US$47k
  48. Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$45.7k
  49. Lithuania: US$44.2k
  50. Pakistan: US$30.5k
  51. Ecuador: US$30.2k
  52. Guatemala: US$26.7k
  53. Slovakia: US$23.6k
  54. Latvia: US$20k
  55. Portugal: US$19.6k
  56. Israel: US$18.1k
  57. Romania: US$16.3k
  58. Argentina: US$14.7k
  59. Greece: US$14.4k
  60. New Zealand: US$10.4k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$401.7m 47.6%
2 Germany US$91.8m 10.9%
3 Japan US$76.5m 9.1%
4 South Korea US$67.6m 8%
5 Hong Kong SAR China US$56.5m 6.7%
6 United States US$49.9m 5.9%
7 United Kingdom US$12.4m 1.5%
8 Belgium US$11.4m 1.4%
9 Netherlands US$10m 1.2%
10 Canada US$9m 1.1%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 Indonesia US$127.6m 15.1%
2 China US$116.6m 13.8%
3 Vietnam US$98.3m 11.7%
4 United States US$88m 10.4%
5 Hong Kong SAR China US$69.1m 8.2%
6 India US$56m 6.6%
7 Belgium US$32.7m 3.9%
8 France US$22.4m 2.7%
9 Germany US$18.3m 2.2%
10 Malaysia US$17.3m 2.1%

In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 2842.90 covers 8 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.

The EU Combined Nomenclature divides subheading 2842.90 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is between 5.3% and 5.5% (average 5.4%).

Goods from 175 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 175 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.

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

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £11.7m (up 21% on the year before), at an average of £2.96 per kg; United States supplied 57%, followed by China.

World trade in these goods reached US$843.2m in 2024, up 36.7% on 2023.

China was the largest exporter with 47.6% of the total, ahead of Germany.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids: other?

Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids: other fall under HS subheading 2842.90, part of heading 2842, in section VI of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 2842.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 2842.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 5.3% to 5.5%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids?

China, with US$401.7m in 2024 (47.6% of world exports).

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

175 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 Free 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 United States (57%), China (13%) and Germany (12%), out of total imports of £11.7m.