Subheading · Chapter 38 · Heading 3827

3827.63

3827.63: Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 40 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)

3827.63 is a six-digit subheading of heading 3827, mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, chapter 38.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty 6% standard rate · across 10 national lines depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges — Import requirements: 2
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 3827 63 00 00 Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 40% or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (hfc-125) 6%
  2. 3827 63 00 10 Containing only 1.1,1-trifluoroethane and pentafluoroethane 6%
  3. 3827 63 00 15 Containing only 1.1,1-trifluoroethane, pentafluoroethane and 1.1,1.2-tetrafluoroethane 6%
  4. Containing only difluoromethane and pentafluoroethane 6%
  5. 3827 63 00 20 R410a (containing 50% of pentafluoroethane (hfc-125) and 50% of difluoromethane (hfc-32)) 6%
  6. 3827 63 00 29 Other 6%
  7. Containing only difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane and 1.1,1.2-tetrafluoroethane 6%
  8. 3827 63 00 30 R407a (containing 40% of pentafluoroethane (hfc-125), 40% of 1.1,1.2-tetrafluoroethane (hfc-134a) and 20% of difluoromethane (hfc-32)) 6%
  9. 3827 63 00 39 Other 6%
  10. Containing unsaturated hydrofluorocarbons 6%
  11. 3827 63 00 40 R452a (containing 59% of pentafluoroethane (hfc-125), 30% of 2.3,3.3-tetrafluoropropene (hfc-1234yf) and 11% of difluoromethane (hfc-32)) 6%
  12. 3827 63 00 49 Other 6%
  13. Other 6%
  14. 3827 63 00 90 R417a (containing 50% of 1.1,1.2-tetrafluoroethane (hfc-134a), 46.6% of pentafluoroethane (hfc-125) and 3.4% of isobutane) 6%
  15. 3827 63 00 99 Other 6%

Additional duties and import rules

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

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 of fluorinated greenhouse gases
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    517/2014
    Documents
    • Y054 Goods labelled according to the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Y053
    • Y955 Goods other than those falling under the import prohibitions defined in article 4.6 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Y986 Exemption from import prohibition according to Article 11.1 and 11.2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Y926
    • 9066
    • Y120 Undertaking importing less than 10 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent of hydrofluorocarbons, per year, contained in equipment or products, exempted from the provisions of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573 (Article 19.6 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573)
    • Y125 Import falling under Article 16.1 of Regulation (EU) N° 2024/573 on the reduction of the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons placed on the EU market
    • Y951 Exemption from the reduction of the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons placed on the market by virtue of Article 16.2 (a), (b), (d), (e) of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Y956
    • Y123 Undertaking registered in the F-Gas Portal according to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Y124
    • Y976
    Tariff lines
    on 9 of 10 lines

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
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–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–XC agreement XC Free
UK–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
UK–XL agreement XL Free
UK–South Africa agreement South Africa Free

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£10.6m+121.5% · previous 12 months
Average import price£13.05 per kg
Jan 2024: £49kFeb 2024: £382kMar 2024: £50kApr 2024: £483kMay 2024: £191kJun 2024: £1mJul 2024: £169kAug 2024: £247kSept 2024: £619kOct 2024: £122kNov 2024: £92kDec 2024: £402kJan 2025: £308kFeb 2025: £268kMar 2025: £74kApr 2025: £587kMay 2025: £1.3mJun 2025: £816kJul 2025: £30kAug 2025: £141kSept 2025: £924kOct 2025: £1.2mNov 2025: £236kDec 2025: £106kJan 2026: £1.1mFeb 2026: £103kMar 2026: £424kApr 2026: £294kMay 2026: £2.5mJun 2026: £3.1mJul 2026: £459kAug 2026: £135k 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
Netherlands £7m 65.5% +115.4%
China £2.8m 26% +92.2%
France £719k 6.8% —
Ireland £99k 0.9% +261.8%
Japan £79k 0.7% —
Poland £1k 0% —
Austria £0 0% -100%
Germany £0 0% -100%

Same subheading in other tariffs

The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.

World trade in 2024

3827.63 · US$640.6m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1.2mUS$1.2m+US$4.7m+US$17.9m+> US$104.1m

Exports: 59
  1. China: US$303.2m
  2. Netherlands: US$104.1m
  3. India: US$45.8m
  4. Germany: US$25.8m
  5. United States: US$23.3m
  6. Italy: US$17.9m
  7. Lithuania: US$11.2m
  8. Czechia: US$10.1m
  9. Poland: US$9.1m
  10. Estonia: US$8.9m
  11. Finland: US$8.6m
  12. Latvia: US$6.3m
  13. Spain: US$4.8m
  14. Slovakia: US$4.8m
  15. France: US$4.7m
  16. Bulgaria: US$4.2m
  17. Japan: US$3.6m
  18. Türkiye: US$3.5m
  19. Slovenia: US$3.5m
  20. Taiwan: US$3.4m
  21. Greece: US$3.4m
  22. Belgium: US$3.3m
  23. Singapore: US$3.2m
  24. Hungary: US$3.2m
  25. United Kingdom: US$2.9m
  26. Austria: US$2.8m
  27. Thailand: US$2.6m
  28. Romania: US$2m
  29. Sweden: US$1.4m
  30. Ireland: US$1.2m
  31. Denmark: US$1.1m
  32. Croatia: US$915.8k
  33. Switzerland: US$857.1k
  34. United Arab Emirates: US$746.2k
  35. Brazil: US$741.7k
  36. Mexico: US$578.3k
  37. South Korea: US$516.1k
  38. Serbia: US$487.8k
  39. Hong Kong SAR China: US$485.7k
  40. Morocco: US$439k
  41. Cambodia: US$277.3k
  42. Malaysia: US$230k
  43. Egypt: US$125.5k
  44. Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$97.6k
  45. Vietnam: US$96.8k
  46. Sri Lanka: US$94.1k
  47. Canada: US$54.2k
  48. South Africa: US$39.7k
  49. Kenya: US$23.2k
  50. Kazakhstan: US$21k
  51. Indonesia: US$18.1k
  52. Portugal: US$14.6k
  53. Panama: US$13k
  54. Guatemala: US$12.5k
  55. Saudi Arabia: US$12.3k
  56. Dominican Republic: US$3k
  57. Norway: US$2.5k
  58. Russia: US$1.8k
  59. Luxembourg: US$300

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$303.2m 47.3%
2 Netherlands US$104.1m 16.3%
3 India US$45.8m 7.1%
4 Germany US$25.8m 4%
5 United States US$23.3m 3.6%
6 Italy US$17.9m 2.8%
7 Lithuania US$11.2m 1.8%
8 Czechia US$10.1m 1.6%
9 Poland US$9.1m 1.4%
10 Estonia US$8.9m 1.4%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 Italy US$62.5m 9.8%
2 United States US$57.5m 9%
3 Germany US$41.7m 6.5%
4 France US$36.7m 5.7%
5 Mexico US$35.5m 5.5%
6 South Korea US$33.3m 5.2%
7 Spain US$22.2m 3.5%
8 United Arab Emirates US$19.6m 3.1%
9 Brazil US$18.3m 2.8%
10 Belgium US$17.1m 2.7%

In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 3827.63 covers 10 tariff lines and the duty is 6%.

The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 3827.63; the duty is 6.5%.

Goods from 175 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 6%; 175 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £10.6m (up 122% on the year before), at an average of £13.05 per kg; Netherlands supplied 66%, followed by China.

World trade in these goods reached US$640.6m in 2024, down 2.7% on 2023.

China was the largest exporter with 47.3% of the total, ahead of the Netherlands.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 40 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)?

Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 40 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) fall under HS subheading 3827.63, part of heading 3827, in section VI of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on other, not included in the subheadings above… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 3827.63 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 other, not included in the subheadings above… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 3827.63 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 other, not included in the subheadings above…?

China, with US$303.2m in 2024 (47.3% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

175 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.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Netherlands (66%), China (26%) and France (7%), out of total imports of £10.6m.