3701.30: Other plates and film, with any side exceeding 255 mm

1. 3701 30 00 00 Other plates and film, with any side exceeding 255 mm Freem²

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£54.1m-7.7% · previous 12 months

Average import price£5.75 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	£24.1m	44.6%	+13.2%
Germany	£19.9m	36.8%	-23.7%
United States	£4.5m	8.2%	-24.4%
Japan	£3.8m	7.1%	+8.4%
Ireland	£379k	0.7%	+74.7%
Belgium	£285k	0.5%	+1.5%
Italy	£285k	0.5%	-14.3%
Taiwan	£204k	0.4%	-59.9%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil Free – 12.6% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 9.8% Argentina Free – 12.6% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 9.8% Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines New Zealand Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Japan Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Taiwan Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 6.5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$849m	31.6%
2	Germany	US$531m	19.8%
3	Japan	US$413m	15.4%
4	Belgium	US$266m	9.9%
5	United States	US$240m	9%
6	South Korea	US$67m	2.5%
7	Netherlands	US$44m	1.6%
8	Taiwan	US$43m	1.6%
9	Spain	US$35m	1.3%
10	Brazil	US$31m	1.1%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$266m	9.9%
2	United States	US$160m	6%
3	Germany	US$158m	5.9%
4	Netherlands	US$145m	5.4%
5	South Korea	US$138m	5.2%
6	Belgium	US$125m	4.7%
7	Italy	US$101m	3.8%
8	Türkiye	US$88m	3.3%
9	Spain	US$86m	3.2%
10	France	US$86m	3.2%

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
• 43number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 40%highest: Kiribati, Tuvalu, Bahamas

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	5%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	15%		2023
Angola	2%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	15%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	5%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	11%	2% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	0%		2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	0%		2023
Azerbaijan	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	25%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	18%	5% – 25%	2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	5%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	20%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	10%		2022
Botswana	5%	0% – 15%	2023
Brazil	11%	2% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	20%		2023
Burundi	10%		2023
Cambodia	7%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	5%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	5%		2023
Chad	5%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	0%		2023
Colombia	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	5%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	4.5%	0% – 9%	2023
Côte d’Ivoire	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	10%	5% – 20%	2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	5%	0% – 10%	2022
Equatorial Guinea	5%		2023
Eswatini	5%	0% – 15%	2023
Ethiopia	10%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	8%		2023
Gabon	5%		2023
Gambia	20%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	20%		2023
Gibraltar	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	5%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	20%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	20%		2023
Guyana	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	10%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Iran	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Israel	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	5%		2023
Kenya	10%		2023
Kiribati	40%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Laos	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	5%	0% – 15%	2023
Liberia	20%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malawi	25%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	25%		2023
Mali	20%		2023
Mauritania	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	6.3%	2.5% – 10%	2023
Mozambique	20%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	5%	0% – 15%	2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	10%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Niger	20%		2023
Nigeria	20%		2023
North Macedonia	6.5%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	11%	0% – 16%	2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	7.4%	0% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	0%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	10%		2023
Samoa	8%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	20%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	20%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	20%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	5%	0% – 15%	2023
South Korea	0%		2023
Sri Lanka	20%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Lucia	5%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	8%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Sudan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	10%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	10%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	10%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	20%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	0%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	6.5%		2023
Tuvalu	30%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	10%		2023
Ukraine	6.5%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0%		2023
Uruguay	8.2%	0% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	10%		2023
Venezuela	11%	2% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	5%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	15%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	15%		2023
Zimbabwe	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

8822 Photographic plates & film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard/textiles; instant print film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed, whether/not in packs

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 611220

CPC 2.1 product

48341 Photographic plates and film and instant print film, sensitized, unexposed

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2029 Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.

Earlier HS editions

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.

1. Tariff change 30 October 2026 · Applies from: 26 October 2026

   Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2163 of 17 September 2026 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

   CELEX 32026R2163 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

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