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HS code for correcting fluids
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “correcting fluids” points to heading 3824: prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included. Check the description and the notes of the chapter before declaring: the right code depends on what the goods are made of and how they are used.
In the UK Global Tariff, 3824 covers 158 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 6.5%. 7 of them are duty-free. 4 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides 3824 into 40 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 6.5% (average 5.4%). 5 of them are duty-free. 4 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, 3824 covers 69 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 30%. 5 of them are duty-free.
Duty rates compared
UK Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 158 tariff lines · average 5.6% · 4× specific or compound duty 
EU Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 40 tariff lines · average 5.4% · 4× specific or compound duty 
Türkiye Free – 30% Third-country duty 69 tariff lines · average 6.4% 
USA Free – 6.5% General (MFN) 39 tariff lines · average 4.5% See also
- grout
- oil - fusel
- seger cones
- spent oxide
- pyrolignites
- ion exchangers
- sorbitol - other
- de-icer, granules
- acids - naphthentic
- gel type hand warmer
- topical heat, roll on
- ammoniacal gas liquors
- anti scaling compounds
- gelatine copying pastes
- topical freeze, roll on
- calcium tartrate (crude)
- getters for vacuum tubes
- stencil correctors (retail)
- foundry core binders, prepared
- additives, cement waterproofing
- ceramic firing testers (fusible)
- extenders, compounded, for paints
- calcined bauxite, refractory grade
- waterproofing additives for cement
- bauxite, calcined (refractory grade)
- concretes ready to pour, non-refractory
- petroleum - sulphonates (not water soluble)
- accumulator preparations based on cadmium oxide or nickel hydroxide
- saccharin - preparations - containing substances other than foodstuff
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for correcting fluids?
Correcting fluids are classified under 3824 (Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.