3823.11: Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids: stearic acid

1. 3823 11 00 00 Stearic acid Free
2. Of a kind used for animal feed Free
3. 3823 11 00 20 Fatty acids with a carbon chain length of c6, c8, c10, c12, c14, c16 or c18 with an iodine value below 105g/100g, including single fatty acids (also referred to as ‘pure cut’) and blends containing a combination of two or more carbon chain lengths Free
4. 3823 11 00 50 Other Free
5. Other Free
6. 3823 11 00 70 Fatty acids with a carbon chain length of c6, c8, c10, c12, c14, c16 or c18 with an iodine value below 105g/100g, including single fatty acids (also referred to as ‘pure cut’) and blends containing a combination of two or more carbon chain lengths Free
7. 3823 11 00 80 Other Free

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£12.6m-13.7% · previous 12 months

Average import price£1.32 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Malaysia	£5.6m	44.8%	-12.1%
Sweden	£3.3m	26.1%	+31.8%
Germany	£1.9m	14.9%	-21.7%
Belgium	£800k	6.4%	-26.6%
Indonesia	£558k	4.4%	-38.8%
Netherlands	£149k	1.2%	-70.8%
Italy	£132k	1.1%	-36.6%
France	£62k	0.5%	-35.8%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 5.1% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 5.1% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA specific or compound duty General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil 5.4% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 5.4% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan 2.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty North Macedonia 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Indonesia	US$740m	48.7%
2	Malaysia	US$391m	25.7%
3	Netherlands	US$92m	6.1%
4	Germany	US$48m	3.2%
5	Belgium	US$42m	2.7%
6	Sweden	US$40m	2.6%
7	China	US$37m	2.4%
8	United States	US$33m	2.2%
9	Italy	US$30m	2%
10	Argentina	US$16m	1%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$248m	16.3%
2	Germany	US$113m	7.4%
3	Netherlands	US$102m	6.7%
4	United States	US$84m	5.5%
5	South Korea	US$80m	5.2%
6	Malaysia	US$78m	5.1%
7	Türkiye	US$77m	5.1%
8	Vietnam	US$56m	3.7%
9	India	US$55m	3.6%
10	Mexico	US$47m	3.1%

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
• 49number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	5%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	2%		2023
Algeria	15%		2023
Angola	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	15%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	5%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	5%		2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	5%		2023
Azerbaijan	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	5%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%		2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Brazil	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	5%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cambodia	7%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	16%		2023
Colombia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Côte d’Ivoire	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	2%		2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
Ethiopia	10%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	5.1%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	8%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	5%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	5%		2023
Gibraltar	12%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	5%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	5%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	5%		2023
Guyana	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	0%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	7.5%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Iran	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Israel	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	2.5%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	5%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kiribati	0%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Laos	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	0%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	5%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	5%		2023
Malawi	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	5%		2023
Maldives	15%		2023
Mali	5%		2023
Mauritania	5%		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	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	0%		2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	5%		2023
New Zealand	5%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	5%		2023
Nigeria	5%		2023
North Macedonia	5%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	16%		2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Peru	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	1%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	0%		2023
Samoa	8%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	5%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	5%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	5%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	8%		2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Lucia	0%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	5%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Sudan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	1%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	6.5%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	5%		2023
Togo	5%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	0%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	5.1%		2023
Tuvalu	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	0%		2023
Ukraine	1%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	5.3%*		2023
Uruguay	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	5%		2023
Venezuela	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	10%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	6%		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. * 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

51218 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 211210

CPC 2.1 product

34120 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2011 Manufacture of basic chemicals

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. Anti-dumping 14 October 2026

   Fatty Acids From Indonesia and Malaysia; Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Investigations

   FR Doc. 2026-20903 · 91 FR 65256 · Source: federalregister.gov

2. Anti-dumping 22 September 2026

   Certain Fatty Acids From Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures

   FR Doc. 2026-19378 · 91 FR 60096 · Source: federalregister.gov

3. Anti-dumping 22 September 2026

   Certain Fatty Acids From Malaysia: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures

   FR Doc. 2026-19379 · 91 FR 60092 · Source: federalregister.gov

4. Anti-dumping 23 July 2026

   Certain Fatty Acids From Malaysia: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

   FR Doc. 2026-14870 · 91 FR 46401 · Source: federalregister.gov

5. Anti-dumping 23 July 2026

   Certain Fatty Acids From Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

   FR Doc. 2026-14871 · 91 FR 46409 · Source: federalregister.gov

6. Anti-dumping 7 July 2026 · Applies from: 22 December 2025

   Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1540 of 6 July 2026 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars, buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121 (tyres) originating in the People’s Republic of China

   CELEX 32026R1540 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

7. Countervailing duty 13 March 2026

   Certain Fatty Acids From Indonesia and Malaysia: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations

   FR Doc. 2026-04945 · 91 FR 12342 · Source: federalregister.gov

8. Anti-dumping 2 February 2026

   Fatty Acids From Indonesia and Malaysia; Institution of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations and Scheduling of Preliminary Phase Investigations

   FR Doc. 2026-01950 · 91 FR 4616 · Source: federalregister.gov

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