3808.69: Goods specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter: other

Official description Other

Subheading 3808.69 belongs to heading 3808 (insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and…) in chapter 38.

Importing into Country of origin

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty 6% standard rate depends on the country of origin

Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 2

VAT 20.00 % import VAT

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3808 69 00 00 Other 6%

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 2

Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
Applies to goods from
Belarus, Russia

Legal act
2023 No. 1203
Documents
- 9062
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)

Import requirements 2

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 - 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)	—	6%
DCTS Comprehensive	Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more Afghanistan, 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")	Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden	Free
DCTS Enhanced	Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more Algeria, 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 more Antigua & 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 more Anguilla, 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

last 12 months£4.5m-18.5% · previous 12 months

Average import price£6.68 per kg

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Belgium	£4.1m	90.9%	-20.7%
France	£193k	4.3%	+38.8%
Germany	£170k	3.8%	+120.4%
Spain	£29k	0.6%	+101.4%
United States	£19k	0.4%	+532.7%
Bulgaria	£0	0%	-100%
China	£0	0%	-100%
India	£0	0%	-100%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

Türkiye 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

USA 5% – 6.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 5.8%

World trade in 2024

3808.69 · US$974.7m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$196.1kUS$196.1k+US$2.5m+US$30.3m+> US$173.1m

Exports: 73

China: US$184.5m
Belgium: US$173.1m
United States: US$156m
France: US$122.7m
India: US$121.3m
Denmark: US$86.8m
Spain: US$30.3m
Paraguay: US$25.9m
Italy: US$13.4m
United Kingdom: US$12.9m
Portugal: US$8.2m
Germany: US$6.4m
Colombia: US$5.2m
Indonesia: US$4.2m
Austria: US$3.9m
Israel: US$2.7m
Romania: US$2.5m
Hungary: US$2m
South Africa: US$1.9m
Guatemala: US$1.3m
Kenya: US$1.2m
New Zealand: US$1.1m
Brazil: US$1m
Australia: US$994.2k
Netherlands: US$928.1k
Peru: US$750.6k
Costa Rica: US$615k
Poland: US$537.2k
Mexico: US$453.4k
Singapore: US$359.1k
Greece: US$249.4k
Thailand: US$227.7k
Argentina: US$196.1k
Türkiye: US$185.2k
Malaysia: US$182.4k
Japan: US$123.5k
Chile: US$92.1k
Vietnam: US$86.9k
Nigeria: US$70.8k
Uruguay: US$66.1k
Hong Kong SAR China: US$55.1k
Zambia: US$47.6k
Egypt: US$24.5k
Czechia: US$20.2k
Fiji: US$18.8k
Senegal: US$18.2k
South Korea: US$15.7k
Switzerland: US$11.8k
Ireland: US$10.6k
Sri Lanka: US$7.8k
Russia: US$4.5k
Trinidad & Tobago: US$3.5k
Sweden: US$3k
Serbia: US$2.7k
Bulgaria: US$1.4k
Tanzania: US$1.2k
United Arab Emirates: US$900
Slovakia: US$800
Morocco: US$700
Canada: US$600

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$184.5m	18.9%
2	Belgium	US$173.1m	17.8%
3	United States	US$156m	16%
4	France	US$122.7m	12.6%
5	India	US$121.3m	12.4%
6	Denmark	US$86.8m	8.9%
7	Spain	US$30.3m	3.1%
8	Paraguay	US$25.9m	2.7%
9	Italy	US$13.4m	1.4%
10	United Kingdom	US$12.9m	1.3%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Brazil	US$601.2m	61.7%
2	Mexico	US$38.9m	4%
3	France	US$28.1m	2.9%
4	China	US$27m	2.8%
5	United States	US$22.2m	2.3%
6	India	US$18.4m	1.9%
7	Colombia	US$17.8m	1.8%
8	Greece	US$15.1m	1.5%
9	Paraguay	US$14.7m	1.5%
10	South Africa	US$13.9m	1.4%

Code history

Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 3808.91.

The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 3808.69; the duty is 6%.

Subheading 3808.69 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 6%.

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 6%.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

Imports of these goods into the UK came to £4.5m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 18% on the year before); Belgium supplied 91%, followed by France.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$974.7m (+24.1% year on year).

The largest exporter was China (US$184.5m), followed by Belgium.

Legal notes

Subheading notes

1. Subheadings 380852 and 380859 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing one or more of the following substances : alachlor (ISO); aldicarb (ISO); aldrin (ISO); azinphos-methyl (ISO); binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); carbofuran (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; endosulfan (ISO); ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters; perfluorooctane sulphonic acid and its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters; tributyltin compounds; trichlorfon (ISO).

2. Subheadings 380861 to 380869 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing alpha-cypermethrin (ISO), bendiocarb (ISO), bifenthrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), cyfluthrin (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), etofenprox (INN), fenitrothion (ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), malathion (ISO), pirimiphos-methyl (ISO) or propoxur (ISO).

3. Subheadings 382481 to 382489 cover only mixtures and preparations containing one or more of the following substances : oxirane (ethylene oxide); polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs); polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs); tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate; aldrin (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); chlordane (ISO); chlordecone (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN); 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); endosulfan (ISO); endrin (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); mirex (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); pentachlorobenzene (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers; short-chain chlorinated paraffins.

Short-chain chlorinated paraffins are mixtures of compounds, with a chlorination degree of more than 48 % by weight, with the following molecular formula : C_xH_(2x-y+2)Cl_y, where x=10 – 13 and y= 1 – 13.

4. For the purposes of subheadings 382541 and 382549, ‘waste organic solvents’ are wastes containing mainly organic solvents, not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether or not intended for recovery of the solvents.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for goods specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter: other?

Goods specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter: other fall under HS subheading 3808.69, part of heading 3808, in section VI of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on goods specified in subheading note 2 to this… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 3808.69 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on goods specified in subheading note 2 to this… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 3808.69 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most goods specified in subheading note 2 to this…?

China, with US$184.5m in 2024 (18.9% 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 6% 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 Belgium (91%), France (4%) and Germany (4%), out of total imports of £4.5m.