Subheading · Chapter 68 · Heading 6809
6809.11: Faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only
Plasterboard (paper-faced)
6809.11 is the HS subheading for plasterboard (paper-faced), under heading 6809 in chapter 68.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 6809 11 00 00 Faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only Freem²
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
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- 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) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, 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") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, 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 moreAntigua & 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 moreAnguilla, 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
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £21m | 39.9% | +15.5% | |
| £11.4m | 21.6% | -0.8% | |
| £4.5m | 8.5% | -35.1% | |
| £4.2m | 8% | -29.4% | |
| £3.4m | 6.5% | -5.6% | |
| £3.3m | 6.2% | +37% | |
| £1.2m | 2.2% | -45.4% | |
| £1.2m | 2.2% | +540.5% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1mUS$1m+US$18m+US$39m+> US$114m
Exports: 110
- Mexico: US$384m
- Germany: US$127m
- Spain: US$120m
- United States: US$114m
- Belgium: US$103m
- China: US$84m
- Thailand: US$78m
- Türkiye: US$74m
- Bulgaria: US$69m
- Poland: US$48m
- Austria: US$39m
- Netherlands: US$37m
- Norway: US$36m
- Latvia: US$31m
- Romania: US$30m
- France: US$29m
- Saudi Arabia: US$29m
- Italy: US$28m
- Czechia: US$27m
- Oman: US$25m
- North Macedonia: US$24m
- Vietnam: US$21m
- Croatia: US$21m
- Egypt: US$19m
- Uzbekistan: US$19m
- United Kingdom: US$18m
- Argentina: US$18m
- Denmark: US$18m
- South Africa: US$16m
- Portugal: US$16m
- Hungary: US$15m
- Indonesia: US$15m
- United Arab Emirates: US$14m
- Honduras: US$13m
- Greece: US$12m
- Colombia: US$11m
- Canada: US$11m
- Ireland: US$11m
- Kazakhstan: US$9m
- Georgia: US$9m
- India: US$9m
- Finland: US$8m
- Azerbaijan: US$7m
- Russia: US$7m
- Tanzania: US$6m
- Malaysia: US$6m
- Sweden: US$5m
- Switzerland: US$3m
- Peru: US$3m
- Japan: US$3m
- Algeria: US$3m
- Ukraine: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- Angola: US$1m
- Kenya: US$1m
- Chile: US$1m
- New Zealand: US$791k
- Australia: US$653k
- Slovakia: US$648k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2mUS$2m+US$9m+US$21m+> US$39m
Imports: 218
- United States: US$314m
- France: US$122m
- Canada: US$92m
- Switzerland: US$65m
- United Kingdom: US$64m
- Netherlands: US$55m
- Portugal: US$39m
- Romania: US$38m
- Serbia: US$37m
- Iraq: US$36m
- Sweden: US$36m
- Denmark: US$32m
- Belgium: US$27m
- Italy: US$27m
- Malaysia: US$26m
- India: US$25m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$24m
- Lithuania: US$24m
- Ireland: US$23m
- South Korea: US$22m
- Philippines: US$22m
- Norway: US$21m
- Costa Rica: US$21m
- Slovakia: US$20m
- Hungary: US$20m
- Spain: US$19m
- Cambodia: US$19m
- Albania: US$18m
- Guatemala: US$18m
- Slovenia: US$17m
- Dominican Republic: US$17m
- Croatia: US$16m
- Germany: US$16m
- Singapore: US$15m
- Ecuador: US$15m
- Ukraine: US$14m
- Estonia: US$13m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$13m
- Kazakhstan: US$12m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$12m
- El Salvador: US$12m
- Nicaragua: US$11m
- Jordan: US$11m
- Austria: US$11m
- Morocco: US$11m
- Armenia: US$10m
- Czechia: US$10m
- Cyprus: US$10m
- Georgia: US$10m
- Greece: US$10m
- Israel: US$10m
- Vietnam: US$9m
- Zimbabwe: US$9m
- Uruguay: US$9m
- Luxembourg: US$9m
- Libya: US$8m
- Mongolia: US$8m
- Moldova: US$8m
- Laos: US$8m
- Mexico: US$8m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$384m | 20.3% | |
| 2 | US$127m | 6.7% | |
| 3 | US$120m | 6.3% | |
| 4 | US$114m | 6% | |
| 5 | US$103m | 5.4% | |
| 6 | US$84m | 4.4% | |
| 7 | US$78m | 4.1% | |
| 8 | US$74m | 3.9% | |
| 9 | US$69m | 3.7% | |
| 10 | US$48m | 2.5% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$314m | 16.5% | |
| 2 | US$122m | 6.4% | |
| 3 | US$92m | 4.8% | |
| 4 | US$65m | 3.4% | |
| 5 | US$64m | 3.4% | |
| 6 | US$55m | 2.9% | |
| 7 | US$39m | 2.1% | |
| 8 | US$38m | 2% | |
| 9 | US$37m | 1.9% | |
| 10 | US$36m | 1.9% |
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.
- 12%median duty
- 23number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 40%highest: Morocco, Sudan, Ethiopia
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 32% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 7.7%* | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 1.7% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0.2% | 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
- 66331 Articles of plaster/of compositions based on plaster
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 311220
- CPC 2.1 product
- 37530 Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2395 Manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6809.11 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 6809.11 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 6809.11 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 6809.11 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 6809.11 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 6809.11 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Subheading 6809.11 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 6809.11; the duty is 1.7%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported plasterboard (paper-faced) worth £52.7m (down 4% on the year before), at an average of £0.30 per kg; Türkiye supplied 40%, followed by Ireland.
World trade in plasterboard (paper-faced) reached US$2bn in 2024, down 6.1% on 2023.
Mexico was the largest exporter with 20.3% of the total, ahead of Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only?
Faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only fall under HS subheading 6809.11, part of heading 6809, in section XIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 6809.11 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 6809.11 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 1.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only?
Mexico, with US$384m in 2024 (20.3% of world exports).
Which countries can export plasterboard (paper-faced) 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 Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on plasterboard (paper-faced)?
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 plasterboard (paper-faced) from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Türkiye (40%), Ireland (22%) and Portugal (9%), out of total imports of £52.7m.