Subheading · Chapter 36 · Heading 3606
3606.10: Liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3
Subheading 3606.10 belongs to heading 3606 (ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms) in chapter 36.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 3606 10 00 00 Liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3 Free
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
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
- Libya
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1665
- Documents
- 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 scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2.1m | 71.3% | +44.6% | |
| £389k | 13.4% | -43.9% | |
| £209k | 7.2% | — | |
| £84k | 2.9% | +195.8% | |
| £61k | 2.1% | -90.4% | |
| £24k | 0.8% | +35.6% | |
| £20k | 0.7% | -49.2% | |
| £14k | 0.5% | -12.3% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$63kUS$63k+US$406k+US$5m+> US$10m
Exports: 86
- China: US$15m
- United States: US$13m
- Türkiye: US$10m
- Poland: US$7m
- Philippines: US$6m
- South Korea: US$6m
- Germany: US$5m
- United Kingdom: US$5m
- Netherlands: US$5m
- Bahrain: US$5m
- France: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$3m
- United Arab Emirates: US$2m
- Spain: US$1m
- Sri Lanka: US$1m
- Albania: US$829k
- Canada: US$725k
- Austria: US$520k
- Kuwait: US$504k
- Malaysia: US$490k
- Belgium: US$447k
- Serbia: US$407k
- India: US$401k
- Italy: US$302k
- Iran: US$292k
- Czechia: US$239k
- Cyprus: US$231k
- Slovakia: US$197k
- Indonesia: US$178k
- Denmark: US$133k
- Singapore: US$128k
- Egypt: US$120k
- Thailand: US$99k
- Switzerland: US$91k
- Russia: US$87k
- Sweden: US$86k
- Australia: US$83k
- Croatia: US$83k
- South Africa: US$76k
- Japan: US$75k
- North Macedonia: US$68k
- Greece: US$64k
- Taiwan: US$63k
- Oman: US$58k
- Slovenia: US$52k
- Uruguay: US$48k
- Bulgaria: US$43k
- Lithuania: US$42k
- Saudi Arabia: US$39k
- Hungary: US$34k
- Romania: US$32k
- Israel: US$31k
- Guatemala: US$27k
- Latvia: US$26k
- Finland: US$21k
- Mexico: US$20k
- Ukraine: US$19k
- Malta: US$15k
- Estonia: US$14k
- Ireland: US$13k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$63kUS$63k+US$366k+US$2m+> US$4m
Imports: 170
- United States: US$19m
- Germany: US$5m
- Saudi Arabia: US$5m
- United Kingdom: US$4m
- France: US$4m
- Netherlands: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$3m
- Spain: US$3m
- Japan: US$2m
- Italy: US$2m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Chile: US$2m
- Canada: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$2m
- Thailand: US$2m
- Australia: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- China: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1m
- Vietnam: US$1m
- Romania: US$1m
- Kuwait: US$1m
- Austria: US$1m
- New Zealand: US$1m
- Ireland: US$1m
- India: US$911k
- Czechia: US$875k
- Hungary: US$832k
- Poland: US$819k
- Singapore: US$703k
- Russia: US$673k
- Switzerland: US$633k
- Denmark: US$632k
- Slovakia: US$601k
- Israel: US$600k
- Portugal: US$591k
- Mexico: US$583k
- Bulgaria: US$580k
- Indonesia: US$484k
- South Africa: US$408k
- Oman: US$366k
- Brazil: US$359k
- Azerbaijan: US$357k
- Finland: US$348k
- Croatia: US$310k
- South Korea: US$288k
- Qatar: US$269k
- Lebanon: US$266k
- Malaysia: US$256k
- Sweden: US$239k
- Panama: US$218k
- Norway: US$213k
- Colombia: US$205k
- Lithuania: US$201k
- Slovenia: US$197k
- Taiwan: US$196k
- Morocco: US$193k
- Greece: US$189k
- Serbia: US$175k
- Palestinian Territories: US$172k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$15m | 16.3% | |
| 2 | US$13m | 13.4% | |
| 3 | US$10m | 11% | |
| 4 | US$7m | 7% | |
| 5 | US$6m | 6.8% | |
| 6 | US$6m | 6.6% | |
| 7 | US$5m | 5.5% | |
| 8 | US$5m | 5.4% | |
| 9 | US$5m | 4.8% | |
| 10 | US$5m | 4.8% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$19m | 19.7% | |
| 2 | US$5m | 5.8% | |
| 3 | US$5m | 5.6% | |
| 4 | US$4m | 4.8% | |
| 5 | US$4m | 4.4% | |
| 6 | US$3m | 3.5% | |
| 7 | US$3m | 3.2% | |
| 8 | US$3m | 3% | |
| 9 | US$2m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$2m | 2.6% |
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.
- 10%median duty
- 21number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cambodia
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 42% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3.3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.8%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3.3% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 12% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 6.7%* | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 6.5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0.4% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · 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
- 89934 Liquid/liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling/refilling cigarette/similar lighters, of a capacity not > 300 cm3.
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 813101
- CPC 2.1 product
- 38999 Articles n.e.c. (including candles, tapers, skins of birds with their feathers, artificial flowers, entertainment articles, hand sieves, hand riddles, vacuum flasks, tailors dummies, animated displays used for shop window dressing, and parts n.e.c.)
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3290 Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3606.10 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 3606.10 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 3606.10 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 3606.10 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 3606.10 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 3606.10 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 3606.10; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 3606.10 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 6.5%.
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 Free.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £2.9m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 1% on the year before); Türkiye supplied 71%, followed by China.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$94m (+1.6% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$15m), followed by the United States.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3?
Liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3 fall under HS subheading 3606.10, part of heading 3606, in section VI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 3606.10 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 liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 3606.10 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 liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a…?
China, with US$15m in 2024 (16.3% 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 Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Türkiye (71%), China (13%) and Spain (7%), out of total imports of £2.9m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.