Code 2816 10 · Heading 2816

Magnesium hydroxide or magnesium peroxide

This code covers magnesium hydroxide and magnesium peroxide. It is for magnesium compounds of these two types, rather than the strontium or barium oxides, hydroxides and peroxides listed separately.

For example

Magnesium hydroxide
Magnesium peroxide

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Official tariff text

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium

How we got to this code

VI
28
2816
2816 10

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Step 1 · Section VI Products of the chemical or allied industries
Is it an inorganic or organic chemical; a pharmaceutical product; a fertilizer; a tanning or dye extract, pigment, paint, varnish, filler or printing ink; an essential oil, perfume, cosmetic or toilet product; soap, a surface-active, washing, cleaning, polishing or wax product; a protein, modified starch, glue or enzyme; an explosive, pyrotechnic article, match or other specified combustible material; a photographic or cinematographic product; or another chemical product?
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Step 2 · Chapter 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds… 1 of 11 chapters in section VI
Which named chemical or chemical family best describes the product—for example a metal, acid, oxide, salt, isotope, compound or another substance listed under this category?
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Step 3 · Heading 2816 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydrox… 16 of 50 headings under chapter 28
Is it magnesium hydroxide or peroxide, or is it an oxide, hydroxide or peroxide of strontium or barium?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2816 10 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium 1 of 2 subheadings under heading 2816
Is the product magnesium hydroxide or magnesium peroxide?

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Import duty on the codes below: 4.1%

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2816 10 00

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium

4.1%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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2816 10 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium you are here 4.1%
2816 40 Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium 5.5%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

28.16.1000 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

2816 10 00 00 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

3.1%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 18, 2026

2816.10.00.00 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

28.16.1000

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

2816 10 00 00

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

2816.10.00.00

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium, Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium

General rate

3.1%

From the EU

3.1% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.86 U.S. note 52(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.86, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 shall not apply to articles classifiable in the listed provisions

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 18, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.