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Code 3808 94 · Heading 3808

Disinfectants, excluding products under 3808.50

This code covers disinfectants, except products under 3808.50. The products are classified further according to whether they are based on quaternary ammonium salts, halogenated compounds, or neither.

For example

  • A retail-packaged disinfectant based on quaternary ammonium salts, excluding products under 3808.50
  • A retail-packaged disinfectant based on halogenated compounds, excluding products under 3808.50
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Official tariff text

Disinfectants, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheading 3808.59)

How we got to this code

  1. VI
  2. 38
  3. 3808
  4. 3808 94
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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–6.0%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 6.0%.

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 lines2 Norwegian lines

38.08.9401 Containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromchloromethane

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

The rate depends on the line.

  • Their lines7 British lines
  • EU originDuty free

3808 94 10 00 Based on quaternary ammonium salts

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines5 US lines
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

3808.94.10.00 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting products

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.

  • 38.08.9401

    Containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromchloromethane

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 38.08.9409

    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.

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Selling to Great Britain

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

  • 3808 94 10 00

    Based on quaternary ammonium salts

    Ordinary duty
    Depends on the product details
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 3808 94 20 20

    Trichloroisocyanuric acid and preparations thereof, also referred to as ‘symclosene’ under the international non-propriatory name (INN)

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 3808 94 20 30

    Bromochloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (CAS RN 32718-18-6)|containing: -|1,3-Dichloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (CAS RN 118-52-5), -|1,3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (CAS RN 77-48-5), -|1-Bromo,3-chloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (CAS RN 16079-88-2), and/or -|1-Chloro,3-bromo-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (CAS RN 126-06-7)

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 3808 94 20 40

    Aqueous solution containing by weight: - 10,0 % or more but not more than 11,3 % of 5-chloro-2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one, - 3,0 % or more but not more than 4,1 % of 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one, - a combined concentration of isothiazolones (CAS RN 55965-84-9) of 13,0 % or more but not more than 15,4 %, - 18 % or more but not more than 22 % of nitrates, calculated as sodium nitrate, and - 5 % or more but not more than 8 % of chlorides, calculated as sodium chloride

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 3808 94 20 90

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 3808 94 90 10

    Technical aerosols that contain hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) with global warming potential (GWP) of 150 or more

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 3808 94 90 90

    other

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

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.

  • 3808.94.10.00

    Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting 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, sulfur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and flypapers), Other, Disinfectants, Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic disinfectant

    General rate
    6.5%
    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

  • 3808.94.50.10

    Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting 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, sulfur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and flypapers), Other, Disinfectants, Other, Wipes, other than paper wipes or nonwoven wipes, impregnated with alcohol or other disinfectants

    General rate
    5%
    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

  • 3808.94.50.50

    Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting 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, sulfur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and flypapers), Other, Disinfectants, Other, Hydrogen peroxide put up in disinfectant preparations for sanitizing or disinfecting surfaces.

    General rate
    5%
    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

  • 3808.94.50.80

    Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting 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, sulfur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and flypapers), Other, Disinfectants, Other, Alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing 60 percent or more by weight of ethanol, of a kind described in statistical note 1 to this chapter

    General rate
    5%
    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

  • 3808.94.50.95

    Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting 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, sulfur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and flypapers), Other, Disinfectants, Other

    General rate
    5%
    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. 17, 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.