UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 3817.00
3817 00 50 90: Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than: linear alkylbenzenes, other
Mixed alkylbenzenes (LAB)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 3817 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902
- 3817 00 50 00 Linear alkylbenzenes
- 3817 00 50 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 1
- 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
Import requirements 1
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2023 No. 440, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9038
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
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 |
| 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 |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 2.5% |
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 3817.00
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spain | £21.8m | 47.6% | +47% |
 Italy | £11.6m | 25.2% | -41.5% |
 Saudi Arabia | £8.9m | 19.3% | — |
 South Korea | £2.3m | 5% | +97.3% |
 France | £517k | 1.1% | +27.2% |
 Belgium | £432k | 0.9% | +1,350% |
 Egypt | £194k | 0.4% | +36.8% |
 United States | £97k | 0.2% | +85.1% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
3817.00 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902
EU 6.3% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Türkiye 6.3% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines USA 6.5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Canada Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 1.3% 
Brazil 10.8% – 12.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 11.7% 
Argentina 10.8% – 12.6% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 11.4% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Japan Free – 3.3% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 1.7% 
Taiwan 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 3817.00
- 3817 00 50 10Mixture of alkylbenzenes (c14-26) containing by weight: - 35% or more but not more than 60% of eicosylbenzene, - 25% or more but not more than 50% of docosylbenzene, - 5% or more but not more than 25% of tetracosylbenzene
- 3817 00 50 90Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than: linear alkylbenzenes, other
- 3817 00 80 10Mixture of alkylnaphthalenes, containing by weight: - 88% or more but not more than 98% of hexadecylnaphthalene - 2% or more but not more than 12% of dihexadecylnaphthalene
- 3817 00 80 20Mixture of branched alkyl benzenes mainly containing dodecyl benzenes
- 3817 00 80 30Mixed alkylnaphthalenes, modified with aliphatic chains, of a chain-length varying from 12 to 56 carbon atoms
- 3817 00 80 90Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than: other, other
Legal notes
Commodity code 3817 00 50 90 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 3817.00 (mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes).
The third-country duty is 6%.
173 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%.
Imports of mixed alkylbenzenes (LAB) (HS 3817.00) into the UK came to £45.9m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 25% on the year before); Spain supplied 48%, followed by Italy.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 6.3%, the Türkiye duty is 6.3%, the US duty is 6.5%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–5%, the Brazil duty is 10.8%–12.6%, the Argentina duty is 10.8%–12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–3.3%, the Taiwan duty is 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 10%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 3817.00 worth US$54m in 2024; the largest supplier was Spain.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 3817 00 50 90?
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 3817 00 50 90?
174 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 173 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 3817.00 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Spain (US$27m), followed by Italy.