UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 3907.29
3907 29 91 00: Other polyethers, primary: Copolymer of 1-chloro-2.3-epoxypropane with ethylene oxide
Other polyethers, primary
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 3907 Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms
- Other polyethers
- 3907 29 00 00 Other
- Other
- 3907 29 91 00 Copolymer of 1-chloro-2.3-epoxypropane with ethylene oxide
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
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 833
- Documents
- 9018
Import requirements 4
- 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
- Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2023 No. 440, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9038
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y920 Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
- 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) | — | 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 |
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 3907.29
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium | £49.1m | 19% | +10.3% |
 Netherlands | £43.2m | 16.7% | -7.3% |
 United States | £39.5m | 15.2% | +12.8% |
 Germany | £37.6m | 14.5% | +4.8% |
 Spain | £27.1m | 10.5% | +0.9% |
 France | £19.3m | 7.5% | -3.5% |
 China | £14.3m | 5.5% | -19% |
 Italy | £5.5m | 2.1% | -41.7% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
3907.29 Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins: other polyethers, other
EU Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 4.9% 
Türkiye Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 5.2% USA 6.5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 6% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 2.9% 
Brazil Free – 12.6% Third-country duty 11 tariff lines · average 6.9% 
Argentina Free – 12.6% Third-country duty 18 tariff lines · average 9.1% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
Japan Free – 2.8% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 1.9% 
Taiwan 2.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 3% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 3907.29
- 3907 29 11 10Poly(ethylene oxide) of a number average molecular weight (m@n) of 100 000 or more
- 3907 29 11 20Bis[methoxypoly[ethyleneglycol)]-maleimidopropionamide, chemically modified with lysine, of a number average molecular weight (m@n) of 40 000
- 3907 29 11 30Mixture containing by weight: -75% or more of polyethyleneglycol modified butyl-2-cyano-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) acrylate, with an ethylene oxide chain length of not more than 30 (cas rn 780763-40-8) -not more than 25% of ethoxylated sorbitan trioleate (cas rn 9005-70-3)
- 3907 29 11 40Ethoxylated glycerol (cas rn 31694-55-0) with a hydroxyl number of 541 or more but not more than 587 (astm 4274)
- 3907 29 11 90Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins: other polyethers, other, polyether alcohols, polyethylene glycols, other
- 3907 29 20 35Mixture containing by weight: - 5% or more but not more than 15% of a copolymer of glycerol, propylene oxide and ethylene oxide (cas rn 9082-00-2), and - 85% or more but not more than 95% of a copolymer of sucrose, propylene oxide and ethylene oxide (cas rn 26301-10-0)
- 3907 29 20 40Copolymer of tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydro-3-methylfuran (cas rn 38640-26-5) with a number average molecular weight (mn) of 900 or more but not more than 3 600
- 3907 29 20 45Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins: other polyethers, other, polyether alcohols, other, 4-(1.1,3.3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated
- 3907 29 20 50Poly(p-phenylene oxide) in the form of powder - with a glasstransitiontemperature of 210 °c or more, - with a weight average molecular weight (mw) of 35 000 or ore but not more than 80 000 - with an inherent viscosity of 0.2 or more but not more than 0.6 dl/gram
- 3907 29 20 554-nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated
- 3907 29 20 63Preparation containing by weight -5% or more but not more than 15% of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol (cas rn 9003-11-6) and -85% or more but not more than 95% of oxirane, 2-methyl-,polymer with oxirane, ether with 5-(2-(4-(bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)-2-methylphenyl)diazenyl)-3-methyl-2.4-thiophenedicarbonitrile (2:1) (cas rn 515857-23-5)
- 3907 29 20 65Preparation containing by weight -40% or more but not more than 60% of oxirane, 2-methyl-, polymer with oxirane, ether with 2.2-[[3-methyl-4-[(4-methyl-2-benzothiazolyl)azo]phenyl]imino]bis[ethanol] (2:1) (cas rn 229306-55-2) and -40% or more but not more than 60% of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol (cas rn 9003-11-6)
- 3907 29 20 68Preparation containing by weight -90% or more but not more than 99% of oxirane, 2-methyl-,polymer with oxirane, ether with ethyl 3-(4-(bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)phenyl)-2-cyano-2-propenoate (2:1) (cas rn 152286-82-3) and -1% or more but not more than 10% of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol (cas rn 9003-11-6)
- 3907 29 20 70Preparation containing by weight -50% or more but not more than 70% of oxirane, methyl-polymer with oxirane, ether with bis(4-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)phenyl] (2-sulfophenyl)methyl (4:1), monosodium salt block (cas rn 126042-89-5) and -30% or more but not more than 50% of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol (cas rn 9003-11-6)
- 3907 29 20 73Preparation containing by weight of -23% or more but not more than 36% of oxirane, 2-methyl-,polymer with oxirane, ether with bis(4-(bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)phenyl)(2-sulfophenyl)methyl (4:1), monosodium salt, block (cas rn 126042-89-5), -4% or more but not more than 20% of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol (cas rn 9003-11-6), -25% or more but not more than 30% of oxirane, 2-methyl-,polymer with oxirane, ether with 2.2'-((3-methyl-4-((4-methyl-2-benzothiazolyl)azo)phenyl)imino)bis(ethanol)(2:1) (cas rn 229306-55-2), -5% or more but not more than 10% of oxirane, 2-methyl-,polymer with oxirane, ether with 5-(2-(4-(bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)-2-methylphenyl)diazenyl)-3-methyl-2.4-thiophenedicarbonitrile (2:1) (cas rn 515857-23-5) and -15% or more but not more than 25% of oxirane, 2-methyl-,polymer with oxirane, ether with ethyl 3-(4-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)phenyl)-2-cyano-2-propenoate (2:1) (cas rn 152286-82-3)
- 3907 29 20 75Preparation containing by weight -60% or more but not more than 80% of oxirane, 2-methyl-,polymer with oxirane, ether with 2.2',2",2"'-(sulfonylbis(4.1-phenylene)-2.1-diazenediyl(3-methyl-4.1-phenylene)nitrilo))tetrakis(ethanol) (4:1) (cas rn 927432-39-1) and -20% or more but not more than 40% of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol (cas rn 9003-11-6)
- 3907 29 20 90Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins: other polyethers, other, polyether alcohols, other, other
- 3907 29 91 00Copolymer of 1-chloro-2.3-epoxypropane with ethylene oxide
- 3907 29 99 202.3-bis(methylpolyoxyethylene-oxy)-1-[(3-maleimido-1-oxopropyl)amino]propyloxy propane (cas rn 697278-30-1) with a number average molecular weight (mn) of at least 20 kda whether or not modified with a chemical entity enabling a linkage between the peg and a protein or a peptide
- 3907 29 99 30Homopolymer of 1-chloro-2.3-epoxypropane (epichlorohydrin)
- 3907 29 99 45Copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, having aminopropyl and methoxy end-groups
- 3907 29 99 50Vinyl-silyl terminated perfluoropolyether polymer or an assortment of two components consisting of the same type of vinyl-silyl terminated perfluoropolyether polymer as the main ingredient
- 3907 29 99 55Succinimidyl ester of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)propionic acid, of a number average molecular weight (mn) of 5 000
- 3907 29 99 60Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins: other polyethers, other, other, other, polytetramethylene oxide di-p-aminobenzoate
- 3907 29 99 70Poly(oxy-1.4-phenyleneoxy-1.4-phenylenecarbonyl-1.4-phenylene) (cas rn 29658-26-2) containing by weight not more than 35% of additives
- 3907 29 99 90Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins: other polyethers, other, 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.
- H356809 U.S. CBP
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- N363845 U.S. CBP
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- N353667 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Miramer AS2010, Miramer AS4004 and Miramer PE250 from South Korea
- N351915 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of polyethylene glycol CAS# 25322-68-3 from India
- 600012464 HMRC
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6 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Code history
Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 3907.20.
In the UK Global Tariff, 3907 29 91 00 is one of 26 lines under subheading 3907.29, polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins: other polyethers, 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.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported other polyethers, primary (HS 3907.29) worth £259.1m (down 1% on the year before), at an average of £1.92 per kg; Belgium supplied 19%, followed by Netherlands.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 0%–6.5%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–6.5%, the US duty is 6.5%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–6%, the Brazil duty is 0%–12.6%, the Argentina duty is 0%–12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is 0%–2.8%, the Taiwan duty is 2.5%, 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 3907.29 worth US$325m in 2024; the largest supplier was the Netherlands.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 3907 29 91 00?
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 3907 29 91 00?
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 3907 29 91 00?
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 3907.29 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the Netherlands (US$63m), followed by Belgium.