Heading · Chapter 31
3102: Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
Heading 3102 is divided into 9 six-digit subheadings and sits in chapter 31, fertilisers.
Duty rates compared
Subheadings 9
- 3102.10Urea, whether or not in aqueous solutionUrea
- 3102.21Ammonium sulphate: ammonium sulphateAmmonium sulphate
- 3102.29Ammonium sulphate: other
- 3102.30Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solutionAmmonium nitrate
- 3102.40Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilising substancesCalcium ammonium nitrate (CAN)
- 3102.50Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous: sodium nitrate
- 3102.60Double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate
- 3102.80Mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solutionUrea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN)
- 3102.90Other, including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings
EU: imports by month
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$13mUS$13m+US$183m+US$767m+> US$2bn
Exports: 141
- Russia: US$5bn
- China: US$3bn
- Oman: US$3bn
- Qatar: US$2bn
- Egypt: US$2bn
- Saudi Arabia: US$2bn
- Netherlands: US$2bn
- United States: US$1bn
- Algeria: US$1bn
- Nigeria: US$1bn
- Germany: US$959m
- Belgium: US$929m
- United Arab Emirates: US$840m
- Malaysia: US$767m
- Poland: US$711m
- Canada: US$681m
- Indonesia: US$605m
- Trinidad & Tobago: US$467m
- Lithuania: US$436m
- Slovakia: US$425m
- Spain: US$404m
- Brunei: US$395m
- Norway: US$355m
- Turkmenistan: US$329m
- Uzbekistan: US$315m
- Vietnam: US$314m
- South Africa: US$296m
- Bahrain: US$284m
- France: US$243m
- Türkiye: US$237m
- Bulgaria: US$226m
- Venezuela: US$211m
- Sweden: US$202m
- Austria: US$200m
- Georgia: US$183m
- Hungary: US$175m
- Czechia: US$164m
- Azerbaijan: US$160m
- Bolivia: US$140m
- Italy: US$138m
- Chile: US$133m
- South Korea: US$119m
- Finland: US$112m
- Japan: US$104m
- Thailand: US$100m
- Belarus: US$71m
- Greece: US$71m
- Portugal: US$68m
- Kazakhstan: US$67m
- Mauritius: US$67m
- Croatia: US$60m
- Brazil: US$50m
- United Kingdom: US$48m
- Singapore: US$46m
- Slovenia: US$44m
- Taiwan: US$37m
- Denmark: US$36m
- India: US$36m
- Switzerland: US$34m
- Romania: US$32m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$17mUS$17m+US$139m+US$384m+> US$1bn
Imports: 212
- Brazil: US$5bn
- United States: US$3bn
- India: US$2bn
- Australia: US$2bn
- France: US$1bn
- Türkiye: US$1bn
- Thailand: US$1bn
- Germany: US$909m
- Canada: US$845m
- Mexico: US$816m
- United Kingdom: US$744m
- Poland: US$623m
- Argentina: US$532m
- Spain: US$510m
- Romania: US$490m
- South Africa: US$485m
- Italy: US$483m
- Peru: US$478m
- Philippines: US$453m
- Ukraine: US$439m
- Belgium: US$415m
- Zambia: US$384m
- Czechia: US$339m
- Vietnam: US$337m
- Colombia: US$335m
- South Korea: US$330m
- Netherlands: US$328m
- Ireland: US$300m
- Chile: US$295m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$286m
- Malaysia: US$253m
- New Zealand: US$247m
- Sweden: US$238m
- Indonesia: US$212m
- Ecuador: US$211m
- Bangladesh: US$211m
- Hungary: US$207m
- Serbia: US$200m
- Guatemala: US$189m
- Zimbabwe: US$177m
- Denmark: US$171m
- Uruguay: US$171m
- Lithuania: US$171m
- Bulgaria: US$169m
- Morocco: US$166m
- Tanzania: US$162m
- Greece: US$161m
- Cambodia: US$157m
- Japan: US$156m
- Kenya: US$155m
- Austria: US$149m
- Malawi: US$140m
- Latvia: US$139m
- Mozambique: US$135m
- Sri Lanka: US$123m
- Slovakia: US$122m
- Norway: US$113m
- Kazakhstan: US$113m
- Portugal: US$111m
- Costa Rica: US$104m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$5bn | 14.1% | |
| 2 | US$3bn | 9.6% | |
| 3 | US$3bn | 7.9% | |
| 4 | US$2bn | 5.2% | |
| 5 | US$2bn | 4.9% | |
| 6 | US$2bn | 4.8% | |
| 7 | US$2bn | 4.6% | |
| 8 | US$1bn | 3.7% | |
| 9 | US$1bn | 3% | |
| 10 | US$1bn | 2.9% |
The UK Global Tariff divides heading 3102 into 18 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 6.5% (average 5.8%). 1 of them is duty-free.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, heading 3102 covers 14 tariff lines and the duty is 6.5%.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides heading 3102 into 18 tariff lines; the duty is 6.5%.
In the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, heading 3102 covers 9 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
In 2024, countries exported heading 3102 goods worth US$34bn (−12.4% year on year).
The largest exporter was Russia (US$5bn), followed by China.
The biggest buyer was Brazil, with imports of US$5bn.
The United Kingdom ranked 53rd among 141 exporters with US$48m.
The United Kingdom imported US$744m.
Legal notes
Notes
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.
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Questions and answers
What is the HS code for mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous?
Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous fall under HS heading 3102, part of chapter 31, in section VI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 3102 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 6.5%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 3102 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6.5%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous?
Russia, with US$5bn in 2024 (14.1% of world exports).