3921.19: Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics: cellular, of other plastics

1. 3921 19 00 00 Of other plastics 6%
2. 3921 19 00 10 For use in certain types of aircraft 6%
3. Other 6%
4. 3921 19 00 30 Blocks with cellular structure, containing by weight: - polyamide-6 or poly(epoxy anhydride) - 7% or more but not more than 9% of polytetrafluorethylene if present - 10% or more but not more than 25% of inorganic fillers 6%
5. 3921 19 00 50 Porous membrane of polytetrafluorethylene (ptfe) laminated to a polyester spunbonded non-woven cloth with - a total thickness of more than 0.05 mm but not more than 0.20 mm, - a water entry pressure between 5 and 200 kpa according to iso 811, and - an air permeability of 0.08 cm3/cm2/s or more according to iso 5636-5 6%
6. 3921 19 00 53 Sheets of closed-cell silicone foam with: -a thickness of 2.0 mm or more but not more than 4.8 mm, -a thermal insulation of more than 0.25 km²/w but not more than 0.4 km²/w (according to astm-c518) -a dielectric strength of more than 3.0 kv/mm but not more than 3.8 kv/mm (according to astm- d149) 6%
7. 3921 19 00 55 Strip of microporous polytetrafluoroethylene on a support of a non-woven -wound on a roll on a core of 3 inches, -with a width of 69.5mm, 40.8mm, 36.5mm, 20mm, 13.5mm or 10mm for use in the manufacture of filters for kidney dialysis equipment and intravenous application 6%
8. 3921 19 00 65 Transparent, microporous, acrylic acid grafted polyethylene film, in the form of rolls, for the manufacture of alkaline battery separators with: -a width of 98 mm or more but not more than 170 mm, -a thickness of 15 μm or more but not more than 36 μm, 6%
9. 3921 19 00 75 Microporous monolayer film of polypropylene or a microporous trilayer film of polypropylene, polyethylene and polypropylene, each film with: -zero transversal production direction (td) shrinkage, -a total thickness of 8 μm or more, but not more than 40 μm, -a width of 15 mm or more, but not more than 900 mm, -a length of more than 200 m, but not more than 8 000 m, -an average pore size between 0.02 μm and 0.1 μm, -whether or not laminated with a polypropylene non-woven mat of 50 to 200 µm thickness, -whether or not coated with surfactant, -whether or not coated on 1 or 2 sides with a ceramic layer of min 1 μm thickness or more, but not more than 5 μm, -whether or not coated on 1 or 2 sides with a sticky binder, pvdf type or similar of min 0.5 μm thickness or more, but not more than 5 μm 6%
10. 3921 19 00 95 Film of polyethersulfone, of a thickness of not more than 200 µm 6%
11. 3921 19 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.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£144.4m-1.7% · previous 12 months

Average import price£5.46 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
United States	£46m	31.9%	-10.7%
Germany	£29.1m	20.2%	-2.3%
France	£13.6m	9.4%	+3.4%
Spain	£11.8m	8.2%	+43.4%
Netherlands	£8.3m	5.7%	-4%
Belgium	£5.4m	3.8%	-16.2%
Italy	£5.3m	3.7%	-20%
Ireland	£4.8m	3.3%	-8.5%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 6.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines USA 6.5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	South Korea	US$942m	15.4%
2	United States	US$819m	13.4%
3	China	US$783m	12.8%
4	Japan	US$585m	9.6%
5	Germany	US$489m	8%
6	Italy	US$272m	4.5%
7	Ireland	US$236m	3.9%
8	Poland	US$199m	3.3%
9	United Kingdom	US$199m	3.3%
10	France	US$189m	3.1%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$1bn	16.7%
2	China	US$657m	10.8%
3	South Korea	US$463m	7.6%
4	Germany	US$367m	6%
5	Hungary	US$302m	4.9%
6	Poland	US$239m	3.9%
7	Mexico	US$226m	3.7%
8	Canada	US$202m	3.3%
9	France	US$194m	3.2%
10	Vietnam	US$189m	3.1%

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