UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 2909.49
2909 49 80 90: Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated: other, other, other
Other ether-alcohols
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 2909 Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
- Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
- 2909 49 00 00 Other
- 2909 49 80 00 Other
- 2909 49 80 90 Other
What you pay
Importing into UK
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
- Duty suspensionAutonomous tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Belarus, Russia
- In force
- until 31 December 2028
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1435
- Documents
- 9Y12
- Duty suspensionAutonomous tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- until 31 December 2028
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1435
- Documents
- 9Y12
Import requirements 2
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2022 No.998, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9015
- 9016
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import control
- Applies to goods from
- Iran
- Legal act
- 2023 No.1314
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
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 |
Subdivisions
- 2909 49 80 90 Other Free
- 2909 49 80 90 Other Free
Footnotes
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of:
(a) the execution until 26 September 2014, of trade contracts concluded before 25 June 2014, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal persons, entity or body seeking to perform the contract have notified, at least 10 working days in advance, the activity or transaction to the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.
(b) goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 374/2014, as retained in UK Law, or in accordance with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
TN702 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 1351/2014 (OJ L365, p. 46), the export of good…
(a) to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Crimea or Sevastopol, or
(b) for use in Crimea or Sevastopol.
The prohibitions shall be without prejudice to the execution until 21 March 2015 of an obligation arising from a contract concluded before 20 December 2014, or by ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the competent authority has been informed at least five working days in advance.
When related to the use in Crimea or Sevastopol, the prohibitions do not apply where there are no reasonable grounds to determine that the goods and technology or the services are to be used in Crimea or Sevastopol.
UK: imports by month · HS 2909.49
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany | £12.5m | 21.2% | -1.2% |
 Belgium | £10.5m | 17.8% | +7.1% |
 Netherlands | £6.2m | 10.5% | -8.2% |
 Taiwan | £6.1m | 10.4% | +62.8% |
 United States | £4.5m | 7.7% | +18.5% |
 India | £4.4m | 7.5% | -8.6% |
 France | £3.3m | 5.5% | -1.2% |
 South Korea | £3.2m | 5.4% | +33.2% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
2909.49 Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated: other
EU Free – 5.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 2.8% 
Türkiye Free – 5.5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 4.4% USA Free – 5.5% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 3.4% 
Canada Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 7% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 3.3% 
Brazil Free – 12.6% Third-country duty 13 tariff lines · average 5.8% 
Argentina Free – 12.6% Third-country duty 17 tariff lines · average 6.7% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 7 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Japan 3.1% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Taiwan Free – 5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 3.1% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 3% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 2909.49
- 2909 49 11 00Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated: other, 2-(2-chloroethoxy)ethanol
- 2909 49 80 101-propoxypropan-2-ol (cas rn 1569-01-3)
- 2909 49 80 202.2,2',2'-tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)-3.3'-oxydipropan-1-ol (cas rn 126-58-9)
- 2909 49 80 303.4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol (cas rn 93-03-8) with a purity by weight of 98% or more
- 2909 49 80 402.2'-p-phenylenedioxydiethanol (cas rn 104-38-1) with a purity by weight of 99% or more
- 2909 49 80 502.2'-[oxybis(methylene)]bis[2-ethylpropane-1.3-diol] (cas rn 23235-61-2) with a purity by weight of 95% or more
- 2909 49 80 90Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated: other, other, other
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N287015 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of 2-phenoxyethanol from China
Legal notes
In the UK Global Tariff, 2909 49 80 90 is one of 7 lines under subheading 2909.49, ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated: other.
The third-country duty is free.
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.
One statistical sub-line below it is used in the declaration.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported other ether-alcohols (HS 2909.49) worth £58.9m (up 7% on the year before), at an average of £1.54 per kg; Germany supplied 21%, followed by Belgium.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 0%–5.5%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–5.5%, the US duty is 0%–5.5%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–7%, the Brazil duty is 0%–12.6%, the Argentina duty is 0%–12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 3.1%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 3% and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 2909.49 worth US$80m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 2909 49 80 90?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is free. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 2909 49 80 90?
174 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 174 of them at 0%, under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union and DCTS Enhanced and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
For subheading 2909.49 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$19m), followed by Belgium.