Subheading · Chapter 76 · Heading 7603
7603.20: Powders of lamellar structure; flakes
Subheading 7603.20 belongs to heading 7603 (aluminium powders and flakes) in chapter 76.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 7603 20 00 00 Powders of lamellar structure; flakes Free
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. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia, Syria, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2024 No. 643, S.I. 2019/855, S.I. 2019/792, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9064
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, S.I. 2019/411, 2020 No. 1665, S.I. 2019/855
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")Quota | 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 agreementQuota | 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 agreementQuota | 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 agreementQuota | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreementQuota | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden | £4.4m | 93.2% | +14.7% |
 Germany | £206k | 4.4% | +57.9% |
 China | £36k | 0.8% | +140.1% |
 United States | £33k | 0.7% | -40.7% |
 Belgium | £21k | 0.5% | -8.1% |
 Italy | £8k | 0.2% | -79.1% |
 Netherlands | £5k | 0.1% | +49.5% |
 Poland | £3k | 0.1% | — |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines USA 3.9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 5.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 5.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan 3% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$512kUS$512k+US$2m+US$9m+> US$37m
Exports: 99
- United States: US$194m
- Malaysia: US$109m
- Germany: US$37m
- Canada: US$15m
- France: US$15m
- India: US$13m
- Spain: US$12m
- United Kingdom: US$9m
- Russia: US$9m
- Sweden: US$9m
- China: US$8m
- Türkiye: US$8m
- Poland: US$7m
- United Arab Emirates: US$6m
- Netherlands: US$5m
- Austria: US$5m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$5m
- Singapore: US$4m
- Belgium: US$4m
- Czechia: US$4m
- Taiwan: US$4m
- Australia: US$3m
- Philippines: US$3m
- Saudi Arabia: US$2m
- Slovenia: US$2m
- Bahrain: US$2m
- South Korea: US$2m
- Indonesia: US$2m
- Brunei: US$2m
- Thailand: US$2m
- Mexico: US$1m
- Italy: US$1m
- New Zealand: US$1m
- Papua New Guinea: US$1m
- Ecuador: US$1m
- Japan: US$1m
- Brazil: US$1m
- Oman: US$913k
- Slovakia: US$889k
- Ireland: US$878k
- Latvia: US$736k
- Romania: US$675k
- South Africa: US$657k
- Greece: US$628k
- Denmark: US$615k
- Chile: US$563k
- Finland: US$539k
- Colombia: US$513k
- Bangladesh: US$512k
- Malta: US$492k
- Norway: US$470k
- Estonia: US$448k
- Jamaica: US$399k
- Peru: US$314k
- Uruguay: US$306k
- Qatar: US$299k
- Yemen: US$255k
- Bulgaria: US$213k
- Israel: US$196k
- Venezuela: US$194k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$234kUS$234k+US$851k+US$3m+> US$11m
Imports: 133
- Malaysia: US$275m
- China: US$122m
- Germany: US$12m
- Türkiye: US$11m
- India: US$10m
- Thailand: US$8m
- United States: US$8m
- Czechia: US$6m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$5m
- Kazakhstan: US$4m
- Saudi Arabia: US$4m
- United Kingdom: US$3m
- United Arab Emirates: US$3m
- South Korea: US$3m
- Canada: US$3m
- Italy: US$3m
- Uzbekistan: US$3m
- Spain: US$3m
- France: US$2m
- Austria: US$2m
- Netherlands: US$2m
- Iraq: US$2m
- Mexico: US$2m
- Poland: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$1m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- Japan: US$1m
- Nigeria: US$1m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- Israel: US$1m
- Egypt: US$907k
- Slovenia: US$851k
- Ecuador: US$848k
- Colombia: US$769k
- Belgium: US$756k
- Singapore: US$753k
- Vietnam: US$728k
- Russia: US$698k
- Switzerland: US$654k
- Serbia: US$640k
- Indonesia: US$613k
- Pakistan: US$611k
- Sweden: US$582k
- Peru: US$580k
- El Salvador: US$579k
- Brazil: US$538k
- Chile: US$506k
- Portugal: US$491k
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$488k
- Romania: US$479k
- Cambodia: US$478k
- Greece: US$446k
- South Africa: US$408k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$366k
- Estonia: US$349k
- Australia: US$336k
- Argentina: US$328k
- Brunei: US$317k
- Sri Lanka: US$313k
- Albania: US$311k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$194m | 37% |
| 2 |  Malaysia | US$109m | 20.7% |
| 3 | Germany | US$37m | 7% |
| 4 | Canada | US$15m | 2.9% |
| 5 |  France | US$15m | 2.8% |
| 6 |  India | US$13m | 2.5% |
| 7 |  Spain | US$12m | 2.3% |
| 8 | United Kingdom | US$9m | 1.8% |
| 9 |  Russia | US$9m | 1.7% |
| 10 | Sweden | US$9m | 1.7% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | US$275m | 52.5% |
| 2 | China | US$122m | 23.2% |
| 3 | Germany | US$12m | 2.3% |
| 4 | Türkiye | US$11m | 2.1% |
| 5 | India | US$10m | 2% |
| 6 |  Thailand | US$8m | 1.6% |
| 7 | United States | US$8m | 1.5% |
| 8 |  Czechia | US$6m | 1.1% |
| 9 |  Hong Kong SAR China | US$5m | 0.9% |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan | US$4m | 0.8% |
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
- 63number 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 | 0% | 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 | 10% | 2023 | |
 Aruba | 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Australia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Azerbaijan | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Bahamas | 45% | 2022 | |
 Bahrain | 5% | 2023 | |
 Bangladesh | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Barbados | 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Belarus | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Belize | 5% | 2023 | |
 Benin | 5% | 2023 | |
 Bermuda | 25% | 2023 | |
 Bhutan | 10% | 2022 | |
 Bolivia | 5% | 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 | 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 | 7% | 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 | 1% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominica | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominican Republic | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ecuador | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Egypt | 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 El Salvador | 0% | 2022 | |
 Equatorial Guinea | 10% | 2023 | |
 Eswatini | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ethiopia | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| European Union (27 countries) | 5% | 2023 | |
 Fiji | 5% | 2023 | |
 French Polynesia | 10% | 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 | 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 |
 Iran | 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Israel | 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Jamaica | 0% | 2023 | |
| Japan | 3% | 2023 | |
 Jordan | 0% | 2023 | |
| Kazakhstan | 10% | 2023 | |
 Kenya | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kiribati | 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | |
 Kuwait | 5% | 2023 | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Laos | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Lebanon | 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Lesotho | 0% | 2023 | |
 Liberia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Libya | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Liechtenstein | 4.6%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Macao SAR China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Madagascar | 5% | 2023 | |
 Malawi | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| Malaysia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Maldives | 10% | 2023 | |
 Mali | 5% | 2023 | |
 Mauritania | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Mauritius | 0% | 2023 | |
| Mexico | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Micronesia | 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Moldova | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Mongolia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Montserrat | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Morocco | 2.5% | 2023 | |
 Mozambique | 2.5% | 2023 | |
 Myanmar (Burma) | 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Namibia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nauru | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Nepal | 5% | 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 | 0% | 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 | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Philippines | 3% | 2023 | |
 Qatar | 5% | 2023 | |
| Russia | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Rwanda | 0% | 2023 | |
 Samoa | 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 São Tomé & Príncipe | 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 12% | 2023 | |
 Senegal | 5% | 2023 | |
 Seychelles | 0% | 2023 | |
 Sierra Leone | 5% | 2023 | |
 Singapore | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Solomon Islands | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Somalia | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 South Africa | 0% | 2023 | |
 South Korea | 8% | 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 | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Suriname | 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | |
| Switzerland | 4.1%* | 2023 | |
 Syria | 1% | 2020 · HS 2012 | |
 Tajikistan | 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Tanzania | 0% | 2023 | |
| Thailand | 0% | 2023 | |
 Togo | 5% | 2023 | |
 Tonga | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Trinidad & Tobago | 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| Türkiye | 5% | 2023 | |
 Tuvalu | 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Uganda | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ukraine | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 United Arab Emirates | 5% | 2023 | |
| United Kingdom | 0% | 2023 | |
| United States | 3.9% | 2023 | |
 Uruguay | 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Uzbekistan | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Vanuatu | 0% | 2023 | |
 Venezuela | 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Vietnam | 0% | 2023 | |
 Wallis & Futuna | 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Yemen | 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Zambia | 5% | 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
- 68425 Aluminium powders & flakes
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 311210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 41531 Powders and flakes of aluminium
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2420 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7603.20 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 7603.20 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 7603.20 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 7603.20 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 7603.20 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 7603.20 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
CBAM: carbon border adjustment
Goods of the CBAM sector aluminium pay for the greenhouse gases emitted in their production when they are imported into the EU. Without verified actual emissions, the importer declares the default values below (tonnes of CO2 equivalent per tonne of goods).
7603 Aluminium powders and flakes
| Country of production | Direct | Indirect | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 0.92 | — | 0.92 |
| Argentina | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Australia | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Azerbaijan | 1.89 | — | 1.89 |
| Bahrain | 1.98 | — | 1.98 |
| Bangladesh | 1.69 | — | 1.69 |
| Bolivia | 0.47 | — | 0.47 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3.28 | — | 3.28 |
| Brazil | 1.82 | — | 1.82 |
| Cameroon | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Canada | 2.07 | — | 2.07 |
| Chile | 0.47 | — | 0.47 |
| China | 4.15 | — | 4.15 |
| Colombia | 1.03 | — | 1.03 |
| Costa Rica | 1.41 | — | 1.41 |
| Ecuador | 1.97 | — | 1.97 |
| Egypt | 2.7 | — | 2.7 |
| El Salvador | 1.98 | — | 1.98 |
| Ghana | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Guatemala | 1.98 | — | 1.98 |
| India | 3.07 | — | 3.07 |
| Indonesia | 1.83 | — | 1.83 |
| Iran | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Israel | 0.62 | — | 0.62 |
| Japan | 1.05 | — | 1.05 |
| Jordan | 0.47 | — | 0.47 |
| Kazakhstan | 1.99 | — | 1.99 |
| Kenya | 0.8 | — | 0.8 |
| Kuwait | 0.63 | — | 0.63 |
| Malaysia | 2.41 | — | 2.41 |
| Mexico | 1.18 | — | 1.18 |
 Montenegro | 2.05 | — | 2.05 |
| Morocco | 0.51 | — | 0.51 |
| Mozambique | 3.71 | — | 3.71 |
| New Zealand | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Nicaragua | 0.47 | — | 0.47 |
| Nigeria | 1.1 | — | 1.1 |
| Oman | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Pakistan | 1.29 | — | 1.29 |
| Peru | 1.84 | — | 1.84 |
| Philippines | 0.49 | — | 0.49 |
| Qatar | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Russia | 2.27 | — | 2.27 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
 Serbia | 1.51 | — | 1.51 |
| Singapore | 1.78 | — | 1.78 |
| South Africa | 1.99 | — | 1.99 |
| South Korea | 1.26 | — | 1.26 |
| Sri Lanka | 1.05 | — | 1.05 |
| Syria | 0.49 | — | 0.49 |
| Taiwan | 0.47 | — | 0.47 |
| Tajikistan | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Tanzania | 0.6 | — | 0.6 |
| Thailand | 1.05 | — | 1.05 |
 Tunisia | 0.76 | — | 0.76 |
| Türkiye | 3.37 | — | 3.37 |
| Uganda | 0.51 | — | 0.51 |
| Ukraine | 0.49 | — | 0.49 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.98 | — | 1.98 |
| United Kingdom | 1.93 | — | 1.93 |
| United States | 2.03 | — | 2.03 |
| Uruguay | 2.42 | — | 2.42 |
| Uzbekistan | 1.06 | — | 1.06 |
| Venezuela | 1.81 | — | 1.81 |
| Vietnam | 1.8 | — | 1.8 |
| Zambia | 0.59 | — | 0.59 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.48 | — | 0.48 |
| Other countries (default) | 2.95 | — | 2.95 |
with the mark-up for 2026: 3.24 · with the mark-up for 2027: 3.534 · with the mark-up for 2028: 3.829
t CO2e per t of goods · definitive period since 1 January 2026; first annual declaration due 30 September 2027 · Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 as corrected by 2026/1740 (European Commission data, not legally binding)
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.
- Tariff change
UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 1015 commodity codes
Trade Tariff changes 2026-09-29 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 7603.20; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 7603.20 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 5%.
174 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of Free.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £4.7m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 13% on the year before); Sweden supplied 93%, followed by Germany.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$525m (+15.2% year on year).
The largest exporter was the United States (US$194m), followed by Malaysia.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for powders of lamellar structure; flakes?
Powders of lamellar structure; flakes fall under HS subheading 7603.20, part of heading 7603, in section XV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on powders of lamellar structure; flakes in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 7603.20 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 powders of lamellar structure; flakes in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 7603.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 5%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most powders of lamellar structure; flakes?
The United States, with US$194m in 2024 (37% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods 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 these goods?
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 these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Sweden (93%), Germany (4%) and China (1%), out of total imports of £4.7m.