Customs code · HS subheading 3707 90

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Other ready-to-use photographic chemicals and unblended photographic products

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. Exports and Intrastat use it as it is. For an import into the EU the declaration uses 3707 90 90 00: this code with 00 added.

This code covers chemical preparations for photographic use and unblended photographic products that are dosed or packed for retail sale and ready to use. It excludes varnishes, glues and similar preparations, surface-sensitising emulsions, developers, fixing salts, and noble-metal salts or other noble-metal products.

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Official tariff text

Preparation of chemicals for photographic uses, incl. unmixed products put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use (excl. varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations, sensitising emulsions, developers and fixers and salts and precious-metal compounds etc. of heading 2843 to 2846)

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Your answer for export

The full EU export code is 3707 90 90.

You do not pick a 10-digit EU import line for an export declaration or Intrastat. The destination classifies the goods under its own tariff.

8 digits, ready

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

37.07.9000 Other

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

3707 90 90 00 Other

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines6 US lines
Entry dateSept. 18, 2026

3707.90.31.00 Chemical preparations for photographic uses

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 1 Norwegian line

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.

37.07.9000

Other

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.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

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

3707 90 90 00

Other

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).

See the 6 US lines

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.

3707.90.31.00

Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use, Other, Chemical preparations for photographic uses, Acid violet 19

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
3707.90.32.10

Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use, Other, Chemical preparations for photographic uses, Other, Unsensitized emulsions, for use in color negative photographic paper

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
3707.90.32.20

Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use, Other, Chemical preparations for photographic uses, Other, Couplers, for use in color negative photographic paper

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
3707.90.32.30

Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use, Other, Chemical preparations for photographic uses, Other, Coupler dispersions, for use in color negative photographic paper

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
3707.90.32.90

Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use, Other, Chemical preparations for photographic uses, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
3707.90.60.00

Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use, Other, Unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

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.

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What to do now for an import

The code is settled. What is left is the import declaration around it.

On an import declaration the code is 3707 90 90 00: this code with 00 added There is no further split under it. Go to this section
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On an import declaration

3707 90 90 00

When these goods are imported into the EU, the declaration uses the 10-digit form 3707909000: this code with 00 added. There is no further split under it.

Look this line up in the EU tariff

Exports from the EU and Intrastat normally use the 8-digit code as it is.

EU tariff data of Sept. 13, 2026.

Rates, origin and documents

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Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.

Data of Sept. 1, 2026

Lower duty for goods from some countries

Possible

Preferential rates exist for goods originating in:

Andorra
San Marino
Türkiye
European Union
Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia
Western Sahara
European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
+43 origins

These rates apply to Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); GSP - General arrangements; GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories).

Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.

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Restrictions and paperwork

Important

Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in:

Ukraine

The EU records document conditions on this code. What customs may ask for depends on where the goods come from, exactly what the product is and the customs procedure.

Proof of origin 2 conditions

If you claim a lower rate for goods from a country the EU has a trade agreement with, customs asks for proof of origin, for example a EUR.1 certificate or an origin declaration.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions

Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Movement certificate EUR.1

Sanctions and restricted regions 2 conditions

Some conditions come from EU sanctions rules. They matter when the goods are linked to a country or region the EU restricts trade with.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions

Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia

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EU tariff measure data of Sept. 1, 2026.

One last classification check

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How we got to this code

VI
37
3707
3707 90
3707 90 90

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Step 5 of 5 · Complete

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?
✓
Step 2 · Chapter 37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 10 of 11 chapters in section VI
Is it an unexposed photographic plate or sheet, an unexposed photographic roll, unexposed photographic paper, card or textile material, an exposed but undeveloped photographic item, an exposed and developed photographic plate or film, an exposed and developed cinematographic film, or a ready-to-use chemical preparation for photographic use?
✓
Step 3 · Heading 3707 Chemical preparations for photographic uses (excl. … 7 of 7 headings under chapter 37
Is it an emulsion for sensitising surfaces for photographic use, or another ready-to-use photographic chemical preparation or unmixed photographic product in a measured dose or retail package?
✓
Step 4 · Subheading 3707 90 Preparation of chemicals for photographic uses, inc… 2 of 2 subheadings under heading 3707
Is it a developer or fixer salt in the form of a chemical preparation for photographic use, including an unmixed product in measured form or retail packaging and ready for use?
✓
Step 5 · Full code 3707 90 90 Preparation of chemicals for photographic uses, inc… 2 of 2 codes under subheading 3707 90

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another option 3707 90 20 Developers and fixers in the form of chemical preparations for photographic use, incl. unmixed products, in measured doses or put up for retail sale ready for use (excl. salts and compounds of heading 2843 to 2846) Duty free
you are here 3707 90 90 Preparation of chemicals for photographic uses, incl. unmixed products put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use (excl. varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations, sensitising emulsions, developers and fixers and salts and precious-metal compounds etc. of heading 2843 to 2846) Duty free

Worth comparing

Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.

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Mentioned by the legal text

2843 Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals

Often confused with

3701 91 00 Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles, for colour photography "polychrome" (excl. instant print film) 6.5%
That code covers unexposed photographic plates and sheet film for colour photography, whereas this code covers photographic chemical preparations and unblended photographic products.
3707 90 20 Developers and fixers in the form of chemical preparations for photographic use, incl. unmixed products, in measured doses or put up for retail sale ready for use (excl. salts and compounds of heading 2843 to 2846) Duty free
That code specifically names photographic developers and fixing salts; this code excludes them.

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.