UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 3808.91
3808 91 90 30: Insecticides: Preparation containing endospores or spores and protein crystals derived from either: - bacillus thuringiensis berliner subsp. aizawai and kurstaki or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis
Insecticides
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)
- Other
- 3808 91 00 00 Insecticides
- 3808 91 90 00 Other
- 3808 91 90 30 Preparation containing endospores or spores and protein crystals derived from either: - bacillus thuringiensis berliner subsp. aizawai and kurstaki or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis
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 3
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2023 No. 1203
- Documents
- 9062
- Duty suspensionAutonomous tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- until 31 December 2028
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1435
- 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) | — | 6% |
| 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 |
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
UK: imports by month · HS 3808.91
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £17.8m | 23.1% | -33% | |
| £15.1m | 19.5% | +33.3% | |
| £6.4m | 8.3% | +8.6% | |
| £5m | 6.5% | +150.8% | |
| £4.2m | 5.4% | +28.2% | |
| £4m | 5.2% | -11.2% | |
| £3.8m | 5% | +14.6% | |
| £3.4m | 4.4% | +66.9% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
3808.91 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides: other, insecticides
UK lines: 3808.91
- 3808 91 10 10Technical aerosols that contain hydrofluorocarbons (hfcs) with global warming potential (gwp) of 150 or more
- 3808 91 10 90Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides: other, insecticides, based on pyrethroids, other
- 3808 91 20 10Preparation containing mirex, used as insecticide (cas 2385-85-5)
- 3808 91 20 90Based on chlorinated hydrocarbons: other
- 3808 91 30 00Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides: other, insecticides, based on carbamates
- 3808 91 40 00Based on organophosphorus compounds
- 3808 91 90 15Preparation containing endrin (iso), used as insecticide (cas 72-20-8)
- 3808 91 90 25Preparation containing chlordecone (iso), used as insecticide (cas 143-50-0)
- 3808 91 90 30Preparation containing endospores or spores and protein crystals derived from either: - bacillus thuringiensis berliner subsp. aizawai and kurstaki or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai or, - bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis
- 3808 91 90 40Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides: other, insecticides, other, spinosad (iso)
- 3808 91 90 60Spinetoram (iso) (cas rn 935545-74-7), preparation of two spinosyn components (3'-ethoxy-5.6-dihydro spinosyn j) and (3'-ethoxy- spinosyn l)
- 3808 91 90 90Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides: other, insecticides, 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.
- N363819 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a citronella candle from China
- N356833 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Nimbo Organic Insecticide from Mexico
- N339797 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of “Hoy Hoy Roach Trap” from Japan
- H232357 U.S. CBP
Revocation of NY F86615 and NY A84405 Classification of Flea Drops
- 600015765 HMRC
Silicone wristband infused with Geraniol Oil which repels mosquitoes The wristbands (2 per pack) are packed on a flat cardboard with see through plastic which shows the product
- 600013051 HMRC
This is a monitor to detect bedbugs designed to attract and trap bed bugs by using a unique scent to mimic the pheromones for early detection. It is not a pesticide and does not kill the insects. It is made from a double sided glue board which is impregnated into polymer pellets which are sealed…
- 600011725 HMRC
Insect repellent A plant oil-based insecticide spray designed for domestic pets, to repel biting insects such as fleas, ticks, mosquito, lice. A plant-based product containing: Citral, Isoeugenol, Lemongrass Oil, Geraniol, Linalool, Limonene, Eugenol, Cinnamomun Zeylanicum Leaf Oil. A…
- 600011160 HMRC
Insect glue board. A glue board is a replaceable item of cardboard, covered in a sticky glue which is mounted within the back of an insect light trap (ILT). (classified elsewhere) The ILT can be used, for example, in a food preparation environment, they also have other uses. The ILT uses UV light…
22 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) separate chemically defined elements or compounds with the exception of the following:
(1) artificial graphite (heading 3801);
(2) insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up as described in heading 3808;
(3) products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades (heading 3813);
(4) certified reference materials specified in note 2 below;
(5) products specified in note 3(a) or 3(c) below;
(b) mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs (generally, heading 2106);
(c) products of heading 2404;
(d) slag, ash and residues (including sludges, other than sewage sludge), containing metals, arsenic or their mixtures and meeting the requirements of note 3(a) or 3(b) to Chapter 26 (heading 2620);
(f) spent catalysts of a kind used for the extraction of base metals or for the manufacture of chemical compounds of base metals (heading 2620), spent catalysts of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 7112) or catalysts consisting of metals or metal alloys in the form of, for example, finely divided powder or woven gauze (Section XIV or XV).
2.
(A) For the purpose of heading 3822, the expression ‘certified reference materials’ means reference materials which are accompanied by a certificate which indicates the values of the certified properties, the methods used to determine these values and the degree of certainty associated with each value and which are suitable for analytical, calibrating or referencing purposes.
(B) With the exception of the products of Chapter 28 or 29, for the classification of certified reference materials, heading 3822 shall take precedence over any other heading in the nomenclature.
3. Heading 3824 includes the following goods which are not to be classified in any other heading of the nomenclature:
(a) cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2,5 g each, of magnesium oxide or of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals;
(b) fusel oil; Dippel's oil;
(c) ink removers put up in packings for retail sale;
(d) stencil correctors, other correcting fluids and correction tapes (other than those of heading 9612), put up in packings for retail sale; and
(e) ceramic firing testers, fusible (for example, Seger cones).
4. Throughout the nomenclature, ‘municipal waste’ means waste of a kind collected from households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, shops, offices, etc., road and pavement sweepings, as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally contains a large variety of materials such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, metals, food materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles. The term ‘municipal waste’, however, does not cover:
(a) individual materials or articles segregated from the waste, for example wastes of plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass or metals, electrical and electronic waste and scrap (including spent batteries) which fall in their appropriate headings of the nomenclature;
(b) industrial waste;
(c) waste pharmaceuticals, as defined in note 4(k) to Chapter 30; or
(d) clinical waste, as defined in note 6(a) below.
5. For the purposes of heading 3825, ‘sewage sludge’ means sludge arising from urban effluent treatment plant and includes pre-treatment waste, scourings and unstabilised sludge. Stabilised sludge when suitable for use as fertiliser is excluded (Chapter 31).
6. For the purposes of heading 3825, the expression ‘other wastes’ applies to:
(a) clinical waste, that is, contaminated waste arising from medical research, diagnosis, treatment or other medical, surgical, dental or veterinary procedures, which often contain pathogens and pharmaceutical substances and require special disposal procedures (for example, soiled dressings, used gloves and used syringes);
(b) waste organic solvents;
(c) wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freezing fluids; and
(d) other wastes from chemical or allied industries.
The expression ‘other wastes’ does not, however, cover wastes which contain mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals (heading 2710).
7. For the purposes of heading 3826, the term ‘biodiesel’ means mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids of a kind used as a fuel, derived from animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils whether or not used.
Subheading notes
1. Subheadings 380852 and 380859 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing one or more of the following substances: alachlor (ISO); aldicarb (ISO); aldrin (ISO); azinphos-methyl (ISO); binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); carbofuran (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; endosulfan (ISO); ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters; perfluorooctane sulphonic acid and its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters; tributyltin compounds; trichlorfon (ISO).
2. Subheadings 380861 to 380869 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing alpha-cypermethrin (ISO), bendiocarb (ISO), bifenthrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), cyfluthrin (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), etofenprox (INN), fenitrothion (ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), malathion (ISO), pirimiphos-methyl (ISO) or propoxur (ISO).
3. Subheadings 382481 to 382489 cover only mixtures and preparations containing one or more of the following substances: oxirane (ethylene oxide); polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs); polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs); tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate; aldrin (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); chlordane (ISO); chlordecone (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN); 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); endosulfan (ISO); endrin (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); mirex (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); pentachlorobenzene (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers; short-chain chlorinated paraffins.
Short-chain chlorinated paraffins are mixtures of compounds, with a chlorination degree of more than 48 % by weight, with the following molecular formula: CxH(2x-y+2)Cly, where x=10 – 13 and y= 1 – 13.
4. For the purposes of subheadings 382541 and 382549, ‘waste organic solvents’ are wastes containing mainly organic solvents, not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether or not intended for recovery of the solvents.
Commodity code 3808 91 90 30 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 3808.91 (insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides: other, insecticides).
The third-country duty is 6%.
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 6%.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of insecticides (HS 3808.91) into the UK came to £77m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 1% on the year before); France supplied 23%, followed by Germany.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 6%, the Türkiye duty is 6%, the US duty is 0%–6.5%, the Canada duty is 0%–6.5%, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 0%–12.6%, the Argentina duty is 8%–14%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 3.9%, the Taiwan duty is 2.5%–5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%–20%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 3808.91 worth US$91m in 2024; the largest supplier was France.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 3808 91 90 30?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 6%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 3808 91 90 30?
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.
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 3808 91 90 30?
Additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
For subheading 3808.91 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was France (US$39m), followed by Germany.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.