3901.90: Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: other

1. 3901 90 00 00 Other
2. 3901 90 30 00 Ionomer resin consisting of a salt of a terpolymer of ethylene with isobutyl acrylate and methacrylic acid; a-b-a block copolymer of polystyrene, ethylene-butylene copolymer and polystyrene, containing by weight 35% or less of styrene, in one of the forms mentioned in note 6(b) to this chapter Free
3. 3901 90 80 00 Other
4. 3901 90 80 10 For cavity filling, for use in certain types of aircraft 6%
5. Other
6. 3901 90 80 53 Copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid (cas rn 9010-77-9) with - an acrylic acid content of 18.5% or more but not more than 49.5% by weight (astm d4094), and - a melt flow rate of 10g/10 min (mfr 125 °c/2.16 kg, astm d1238) or more 6%
7. 3901 90 80 55 Zinc or sodium salt of an ethylene and acrylic acid copolymer, with: - an acrylic acid content of 6% or more but not more than 50% by weight, and - a melt flow rate of 1g/10 min or more at 190 °c/2.16 kg (measured using astm d1238) 6%
8. 3901 90 80 67 Copolymer made exclusively from ethylene and methacrylic acid monomers in which the methacrylic acid content is 11% by weight or more 6%
9. 3901 90 80 73 Mixture containing by weight - 80% or more, but not more than 94% of chlorinated polyethylene (cas rn 64754-90-1) and - 6% or more, but not more than 20% of styrene-acrylic copolymer (cas rn 27136-15-8) 6%
10. 3901 90 80 75 Terpolymer of ethylene, isobutyl acrylate and methacrylic acid (cas rn 37433-35-5), in the form of pellets 6%
11. 3901 90 80 85 Terpolymer of ethylene, n-butyl acrylate and carbon monoxide (cas rn 61843-70-7) in the form of pellets 6%
12. 3901 90 80 91 Ionomer resin consisting of a salt of a copolymer of ethylene with methacrylic acid 6%
13. 3901 90 80 92 Chlorosulphonated polyethylene 6%
14. 3901 90 80 93 Copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate and carbon monoxide, for use as a plasticizer in the manufacture of roof sheets 6%
15. 3901 90 80 94 Mixtures of a-b block copolymer of polystyrene and ethylene-butylene copolymer and a-b-a block copolymer of polystyrene, ethylene-butylene copolymer and polystyrene, containing by weight not more than 35% of styrene 6%
16. 3901 90 80 97 Chlorinated polyethylene, in the form of powder 6%
17. 3901 90 80 99 Other Free
18. 3901 90 00 00 Other
19. 3901 90 30 00 Ionomer resin consisting of a salt of a terpolymer of ethylene with isobutyl acrylate and methacrylic acid; a-b-a block copolymer of polystyrene, ethylene-butylene copolymer and polystyrene, containing by weight 35% or less of styrene, in one of the forms mentioned in note 6(b) to this chapter Free
20. 3901 90 80 00 Other
21. 3901 90 80 10 For cavity filling, for use in certain types of aircraft 6%
22. Other
23. 3901 90 80 53 Copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid (cas rn 9010-77-9) with - an acrylic acid content of 18.5% or more but not more than 49.5% by weight (astm d4094), and - a melt flow rate of 10g/10 min (mfr 125 °c/2.16 kg, astm d1238) or more 6%
24. 3901 90 80 55 Zinc or sodium salt of an ethylene and acrylic acid copolymer, with: - an acrylic acid content of 6% or more but not more than 50% by weight, and - a melt flow rate of 1g/10 min or more at 190 °c/2.16 kg (measured using astm d1238) 6%
25. 3901 90 80 67 Copolymer made exclusively from ethylene and methacrylic acid monomers in which the methacrylic acid content is 11% by weight or more 6%
26. 3901 90 80 73 Mixture containing by weight - 80% or more, but not more than 94% of chlorinated polyethylene (cas rn 64754-90-1) and - 6% or more, but not more than 20% of styrene-acrylic copolymer (cas rn 27136-15-8) 6%
27. 3901 90 80 75 Terpolymer of ethylene, isobutyl acrylate and methacrylic acid (cas rn 37433-35-5), in the form of pellets 6%
28. 3901 90 80 85 Terpolymer of ethylene, n-butyl acrylate and carbon monoxide (cas rn 61843-70-7) in the form of pellets 6%
29. 3901 90 80 91 Ionomer resin consisting of a salt of a copolymer of ethylene with methacrylic acid 6%
30. 3901 90 80 92 Chlorosulphonated polyethylene 6%
31. 3901 90 80 93 Copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate and carbon monoxide, for use as a plasticizer in the manufacture of roof sheets 6%
32. 3901 90 80 94 Mixtures of a-b block copolymer of polystyrene and ethylene-butylene copolymer and a-b-a block copolymer of polystyrene, ethylene-butylene copolymer and polystyrene, containing by weight not more than 35% of styrene 6%
33. 3901 90 80 97 Chlorinated polyethylene, in the form of powder 6%
34. 3901 90 80 99 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£52.3m+1% · previous 12 months

Average import price£1.82 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Belgium	£10m	19.1%	+15%
United States	£7.6m	14.5%	+7%
Italy	£7m	13.4%	+23.8%
China	£5.5m	10.5%	-3.5%
Germany	£5.2m	9.9%	-26.9%
Israel	£4.7m	9%	+2.9%
Spain	£3.2m	6.2%	-23%
France	£2.7m	5.1%	+41.8%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.3% Türkiye Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 4.9% USA Free – 6.5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 4.3% Canada Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Mexico Free – 5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 3.8% Brazil Free – 12.6% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 6.3% Argentina Free – 12.6% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 5.3% Peru Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan Free – 2.8% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 1.4% Taiwan 2.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$1bn	17.6%
2	China	US$774m	13.4%
3	Belgium	US$489m	8.5%
4	Germany	US$352m	6.1%
5	Saudi Arabia	US$297m	5.1%
6	South Korea	US$278m	4.8%
7	Japan	US$274m	4.7%
8	France	US$214m	3.7%
9	Netherlands	US$199m	3.4%
10	Spain	US$150m	2.6%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$978m	16.9%
2	Belgium	US$281m	4.9%
3	India	US$260m	4.5%
4	Germany	US$229m	4%
5	United States	US$210m	3.6%
6	Mexico	US$209m	3.6%
7	Vietnam	US$150m	2.6%
8	Italy	US$149m	2.6%
9	Netherlands	US$146m	2.5%
10	United Arab Emirates	US$142m	2.5%

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.

• 4%median duty
• 56number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	1%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	1%	0% – 2%	2023
Algeria	5%		2023
Angola	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	5%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	8%	2% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	3.3%	0% – 6.5%	2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	5%		2023
Azerbaijan	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	5%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	3.3%	0% – 6.5%	2021 · HS 2017
Belize	0%		2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%		2022
Botswana	2.5%	0% – 10%	2023
Brazil	8%	2% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	5%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cambodia	0%		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	6.5%		2023
Colombia	0%		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	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	0%		2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	2.5%	0% – 10%	2023
Ethiopia	2.5%	0% – 5%	2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	3.3%	0% – 6.5%	2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	13%		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	3.5%		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	0.7%	0% – 1.4%	2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	3.3%	0% – 6.5%	2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kiribati	20%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	3.3%	0% – 6.5%	2021 · HS 2017
Laos	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	0%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	2.5%	0% – 10%	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	0%		2023
Maldives	20%		2023
Mali	5%		2023
Mauritania	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	7.5%	2.5% – 18%	2023
Mozambique	2.5%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	1.5%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	2.5%	0% – 10%	2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	10%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	5%		2023
Nigeria	5%		2023
North Macedonia	0%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	3%		2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	8%	2% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	3%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	3.3%	0% – 6.5%	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	2.5%	0% – 10%	2023
South Korea	6.5%		2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	0%		2023
St Lucia	0%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	5%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	0%		2023
Sudan	3%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	1%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	0%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	4%	3% – 5%	2023
Togo	5%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	0%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	3.3%	0% – 6.5%	2023
Tuvalu	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	0%		2023
Ukraine	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	5%	0% – 6%	2023
United States	4.3%	0% – 6.5%	2023
Uruguay	5.7%	0% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	0%		2023
Venezuela	8%	2% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	0%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	0%		2023
Zimbabwe	0%		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

5719 Other polymers of ethylene, in primary forms

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 211210

CPC 2.1 product

34710 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2013 Manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 9

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 29 September 2026

   UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 1015 commodity codes

   Trade Tariff changes 2026-09-29 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

2. Import and export controls 20 July 2026

   Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov

3. Classification 11 July 2026

   İstatistik Pozisyonlarına Bölünmüş Türk Gümrük Tarife Cetvelinde Değişiklik Yapılmasına İlişkin Karar (Karar Sayısı: 11507)

   RG 11.07.2026 sayı 33307 · Karar 11507 · Source: resmigazete.gov.tr

4. Other 2 July 2026

   Registration of Imports of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) Originating from United States of America – 2 July 2026

   Trade Tariff news 7063 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

5. Other 1 July 2026 · Applies from: 2 July 2026

   Trade remedies notice 2026/19: registration of imports of LLDPE originating from the USA

   Trade remedies notice 2026/19 · Source: gov.uk

6. Tariff change 22 June 2026 · Applies from: 12 July 2026

   Regulation (EU) 2026/1395 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2026 on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012

   CELEX 32026R1395 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

7. Tariff change 4 June 2026

   Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov

8. Other 19 May 2026

   Update to VAT Z Coverage on Aircraft and Aircraft Parts – 19 May 2026

   Trade Tariff news 6334 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

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