Subheading · Chapter 29 · Heading 2933
2933.31: Pyridine and its salts
2933.31 is a six-digit subheading of heading 2933, heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only, chapter 29.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 2933 31 00 00 Pyridine and its salts 4%
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
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 833
- Documents
- 9018
- Duty suspensionAutonomous tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- until 31 December 2026
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1435
- Documents
- 9Y12
- 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)
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Import requirements 2
- 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
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 4% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 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, 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") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, 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 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) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, 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
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £29.2m | 79.5% | +27.9% | |
| £6.6m | 17.9% | +288.2% | |
| £703k | 1.9% | +35% | |
| £123k | 0.3% | +13% | |
| £66k | 0.2% | — | |
| £30k | 0.1% | -8.2% | |
| £19k | 0.1% | -58.4% | |
| £15k | 0% | +61% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$43kUS$43k+US$881k+US$3m+> US$19m
Exports: 58
- India: US$68m
- China: US$19m
- Russia: US$8m
- Japan: US$7m
- United States: US$4m
- Germany: US$3m
- South Korea: US$2m
- Canada: US$2m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- Belgium: US$1m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- Italy: US$911k
- Ireland: US$908k
- United Kingdom: US$881k
- Israel: US$845k
- Spain: US$594k
- United Arab Emirates: US$592k
- France: US$458k
- Netherlands: US$437k
- Malaysia: US$420k
- Türkiye: US$400k
- Saudi Arabia: US$397k
- Thailand: US$198k
- Hungary: US$197k
- Singapore: US$180k
- Austria: US$123k
- Colombia: US$76k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$43k
- South Africa: US$42k
- Poland: US$39k
- Slovenia: US$34k
- Sweden: US$25k
- Peru: US$15k
- Denmark: US$13k
- Czechia: US$9k
- Mexico: US$8k
- Greece: US$6k
- Ukraine: US$4k
- Vietnam: US$3k
- Portugal: US$3k
- Australia: US$2k
- Latvia: US$2k
- Guatemala: US$700
- Jordan: US$700
- Chile: US$600
- Luxembourg: US$600
- New Zealand: US$400
- Armenia: US$300
- Croatia: US$300
- Finland: US$200
- Indonesia: US$200
- Bulgaria: US$100
- Iran: US$100
- Kenya: US$100
- Lithuania: US$100
- Estonia: US$0
- Norway: US$0
- Romania: US$0
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$28kUS$28k+US$408k+US$2m+> US$12m
Imports: 122
- United Kingdom: US$32m
- United States: US$14m
- South Korea: US$13m
- China: US$12m
- India: US$8m
- Indonesia: US$5m
- Germany: US$4m
- Saudi Arabia: US$3m
- Canada: US$3m
- Japan: US$2m
- Netherlands: US$2m
- Italy: US$2m
- France: US$2m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- Israel: US$2m
- Russia: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$1m
- Mexico: US$1m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- Hungary: US$1m
- Spain: US$1m
- Slovenia: US$1m
- Belgium: US$980k
- Ireland: US$971k
- Brazil: US$711k
- Vietnam: US$679k
- United Arab Emirates: US$579k
- Singapore: US$543k
- Greece: US$423k
- Thailand: US$408k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$360k
- Kuwait: US$342k
- Colombia: US$332k
- Egypt: US$325k
- Malta: US$244k
- Finland: US$197k
- Australia: US$176k
- Denmark: US$167k
- Austria: US$153k
- Poland: US$143k
- Türkiye: US$142k
- Czechia: US$139k
- Chile: US$124k
- Croatia: US$122k
- Ukraine: US$110k
- Guatemala: US$99k
- Sri Lanka: US$89k
- Pakistan: US$82k
- Sweden: US$81k
- Belarus: US$75k
- Paraguay: US$71k
- Bangladesh: US$71k
- Ecuador: US$65k
- Zambia: US$52k
- Qatar: US$46k
- Nepal: US$38k
- New Zealand: US$35k
- Nigeria: US$31k
- Norway: US$28k
- South Africa: US$24k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$68m | 54.4% | |
| 2 | US$19m | 14.8% | |
| 3 | US$8m | 6.8% | |
| 4 | US$7m | 5.5% | |
| 5 | US$4m | 3.3% | |
| 6 | US$3m | 2.6% | |
| 7 | US$2m | 1.6% | |
| 8 | US$2m | 1.5% | |
| 9 | US$2m | 1.4% | |
| 10 | US$1m | 1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$32m | 25.7% | |
| 2 | US$14m | 11.4% | |
| 3 | US$13m | 10.4% | |
| 4 | US$12m | 9.7% | |
| 5 | US$8m | 6.6% | |
| 6 | US$5m | 4% | |
| 7 | US$4m | 3.3% | |
| 8 | US$3m | 2.1% | |
| 9 | US$3m | 2.1% | |
| 10 | US$2m | 2% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 5%median duty
- 63number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5.3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6.5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5.3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 51574 Heterocyclic compounds containing an unfused pyridine ring
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 211220
- CPC 2.1 product
- 34160 Organo-sulphur compounds and other organo-inorganic compounds; heterocyclic compounds n.e.c.; nucleic acids and their salts
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2011 Manufacture of basic chemicals
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2933.31 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 2933.31 | changed |
| 2007 | 2933.31 | changed |
| 2002 | 2933.31 | changed |
| 1996 | 2933.31 | changed |
| 1992 | 2933.31 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov
Subheading 2933.31 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 4%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 2933.31; the duty is 5.3%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 4%; 174 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 £36.7m (up 46% on the year before), at an average of £2.29 per kg; India supplied 80%, followed by China.
World trade in these goods reached US$125m in 2024, up 8.5% on 2023.
India was the largest exporter with 54.4% of the total, ahead of China.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for pyridine and its salts?
Pyridine and its salts fall under HS subheading 2933.31, part of heading 2933, in section VI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on pyridine and its salts in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 2933.31 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 4%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on pyridine and its salts in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 2933.31 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 5.3%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most pyridine and its salts?
India, with US$68m in 2024 (54.4% 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 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 India (80%), China (18%) and Japan (2%), out of total imports of £36.7m.