Heading · Chapter 31
3105: Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
8 subheadings make up heading 3105 in chapter 31 (fertilisers).
Duty rates compared
Subheadings 8
- 3105.10Goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
- 3105.20Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassiumNPK fertilisers
- 3105.30Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)Diammonium phosphate (DAP)
- 3105.40Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)Monoammonium phosphate (MAP)
- 3105.51Containing nitrates and phosphates
- 3105.59Other mineral or chemical fertilisers containing: otherOther nitrogen-phosphorus fertilisers
- 3105.60Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two fertilising elements phosphorus and potassium
- 3105.90Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three: otherOther mixed fertilisers
EU: imports by month
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$8.5mUS$8.5m+US$107.3m+US$364.2m+> US$2.6bn
Exports: 157
- Morocco: US$7.9bn
- China: US$5.6bn
- Russia: US$5.4bn
- Saudi Arabia: US$3.3bn
- United States: US$2.6bn
- Norway: US$1.2bn
- Belgium: US$1bn
- Spain: US$839.8m
- Finland: US$634m
- Netherlands: US$582.4m
- Germany: US$475.7m
- Jordan: US$445.2m
- Israel: US$427.9m
- Lithuania: US$385.5m
- Italy: US$367.4m
- Egypt: US$364.2m
- Poland: US$358.3m
- Türkiye: US$305.7m
- Mexico: US$300.9m
- Australia: US$281.8m
- South Korea: US$279m
- Vietnam: US$271.7m
- Chile: US$270.6m
- South Africa: US$241m
- Bulgaria: US$219.7m
- Tunisia: US$218.7m
- France: US$206.1m
- Greece: US$203.3m
- Kazakhstan: US$203.3m
- Brazil: US$201.8m
- United Kingdom: US$184.9m
- Serbia: US$175.2m
- Austria: US$152.4m
- Thailand: US$134.2m
- Portugal: US$120.8m
- Canada: US$118.7m
- United Arab Emirates: US$107.7m
- Oman: US$107.3m
- Slovenia: US$91.6m
- Zambia: US$90.2m
- Uzbekistan: US$79.3m
- India: US$78.4m
- Malaysia: US$68.4m
- Mauritius: US$65.3m
- Senegal: US$55.8m
- Tanzania: US$54.2m
- Colombia: US$53.9m
- Guatemala: US$46.3m
- Latvia: US$43.6m
- Japan: US$42.2m
- Romania: US$40.3m
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$39.7m
- Kenya: US$36.2m
- Costa Rica: US$34.3m
- Dominican Republic: US$32.3m
- Indonesia: US$31.5m
- Belarus: US$26.9m
- Peru: US$25.9m
- Czechia: US$25.5m
- Croatia: US$25.3m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$24.9mUS$24.9m+US$138.2m+US$380.6m+> US$1.2bn
Imports: 215
- Brazil: US$4.7bn
- India: US$3.8bn
- United States: US$2bn
- Canada: US$1.7bn
- Australia: US$1.6bn
- Bangladesh: US$1.2bn
- Thailand: US$1.2bn
- Argentina: US$854.1m
- Vietnam: US$840.5m
- Djibouti: US$823.9m
- China: US$795.1m
- Mexico: US$795.1m
- Ukraine: US$725.9m
- France: US$699.4m
- Spain: US$694.6m
- Türkiye: US$653m
- Poland: US$629.3m
- Pakistan: US$623m
- Germany: US$474.5m
- Indonesia: US$457.9m
- Romania: US$420.3m
- Italy: US$380.6m
- Paraguay: US$357.1m
- Kenya: US$346.2m
- Japan: US$334.4m
- Colombia: US$322.5m
- Zambia: US$320.8m
- United Kingdom: US$306.6m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$302.8m
- Malaysia: US$296.2m
- Philippines: US$290.1m
- Peru: US$280.4m
- Lithuania: US$268.7m
- Chile: US$259.7m
- Netherlands: US$242.4m
- South Africa: US$231.9m
- Tanzania: US$229.2m
- Benin: US$211m
- Ecuador: US$195.8m
- Bulgaria: US$192.5m
- Cambodia: US$192.1m
- Greece: US$188.7m
- Denmark: US$187.5m
- Hungary: US$186.2m
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$178.3m
- Portugal: US$177.5m
- Belgium: US$173.3m
- Guatemala: US$171.2m
- Ireland: US$167.5m
- New Zealand: US$167.4m
- Sweden: US$154m
- Uruguay: US$147m
- Slovenia: US$143.2m
- Latvia: US$138.2m
- Iraq: US$138.1m
- Serbia: US$132.4m
- South Korea: US$129.2m
- Egypt: US$128.8m
- Algeria: US$126.8m
- Czechia: US$121.8m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$7.9bn | 21% | |
| 2 | US$5.6bn | 14.9% | |
| 3 | US$5.4bn | 14.3% | |
| 4 | US$3.3bn | 8.9% | |
| 5 | US$2.6bn | 7% | |
| 6 | US$1.2bn | 3.1% | |
| 7 | US$1bn | 2.7% | |
| 8 | US$839.8m | 2.2% | |
| 9 | US$634m | 1.7% | |
| 10 | US$582.4m | 1.5% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$4.7bn | 12.5% | |
| 2 | US$3.8bn | 10.2% | |
| 3 | US$2bn | 5.4% | |
| 4 | US$1.7bn | 4.5% | |
| 5 | US$1.6bn | 4.4% | |
| 6 | US$1.2bn | 3.3% | |
| 7 | US$1.2bn | 3.1% | |
| 8 | US$854.1m | 2.3% | |
| 9 | US$840.5m | 2.2% | |
| 10 | US$823.9m | 2.2% |
In the UK Global Tariff, heading 3105 covers 33 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 6.5%. 2 of them are duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides heading 3105 into 10 tariff lines; the duty is between 3.2% and 6.5% (average 5.8%).
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, heading 3105 covers 19 tariff lines and the duty is between 3.2% and 6.5%.
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States divides heading 3105 into 8 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
World trade in heading 3105 goods reached US$37.6bn in 2024, up 7.1% on 2023.
Morocco was the largest exporter with 21% of the total, ahead of China.
Brazil imported the most (US$4.7bn).
The United Kingdom ranked 31st among 157 exporters with US$184.9m.
The United Kingdom imported US$306.6m.
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.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg?
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg fall under HS heading 3105, part of chapter 31, in section VI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 3105 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 containing two or… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 3105 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 3.2% to 6.5%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or…?
Morocco, with US$7.9bn in 2024 (21% of world exports).