Tariff number 3402900000 80 - Other

Estimate the import cost for 340290

An estimate only. The customs value is the price including transport and insurance to the EU border. Excise duties, other fees and producer-specific anti-dumping rates are not included. Preferential rates need valid proof of origin. Country groups and exclusions: TARIC, as of November 2026.

Export measures for 3402900000

What applies when these goods leave the EU: export controls, dual-use and other authorisations, bans per destination and the supplementary unit of the export declaration.

Controls and documents 4

	Destination	Start	Duty / Tax	Legal base Measure type
BY	Belarus BY	20-07-2025	Document required banned without it Details	Regulation0765/06 Export control 766
IR	Iran, Islamic Republic of IR	30-09-2025	Document required banned without it Details	Regulation0267/12 Export control 768
RU	Russian Federation RU	02-01-2028	Document required banned without it Details	Regulation0833/14 Export control 709
RU	Russian Federation RU	22-10-2025 – 01-01-2028	Document required banned without it Details	Regulation0833/14 Export control 709

History

Preferential rules of origin for 3402900000

What the goods must meet to count as originating in a partner country and get the preferential duty, per agreement.

• EU-Algeria Association Agreement · Algeria

  EU-Egypt Association Agreement · Egypt

  EU-Georgia DCFTA · Georgia

  EU-Iceland FTA · Iceland

  EU-Jordan Association Agreement · Jordan

  EU-Korea FTA · South Korea

  EU-Lebanon Association Agreement · Lebanon

  EU-Morocco Association Agreement · Morocco

  EU-Moldova DCFTA · Moldova

  Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Convention · Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Switzerland, Türkiye

  EU-Tunisia Association Agreement · Tunisia

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EPA CARIFORUM

  EU Market Access Regulation (EPA) · Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya

  EPA Pacific · Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: / or: Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

• Autonomous Trade Preferences (Western Balkans) · Kosovo

  EU-Chile Association Agreement · Chile

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, «dental waxes» and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EU-Central America Association Agreement

  EU-Ukraine DCFTA · Ukraine

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EU-Canada CETA · Canada

  A change from any other subheading; or A change from within this subheading, whether or not there is also a change from any other subheading, provided that the value of non-originating materials of this subheading does not exceed 20 per cent of the transaction value or ex-works price of the product.

• EU-Colombia/Peru/Ecuador Trade Agreement · Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 per cent of the ex-works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 per cent of the ex-works price of the product

• EEA/EFTA agreements (Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands) · Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EPA Eastern and Southern Africa

  Lubricating preparations containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals, provided they represent less than 70 % by weight / or: Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) [12] / or: Other operations than those referred to in column (3) in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

• Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP, GSP+, EBA) · Armenia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Syria, Vietnam

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster, except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product or Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EU-Jordan Association Agreement (relaxed rules, 2016) · Jordan

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster, except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product or Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EU-Japan EPA · Japan

  CTSH; A chemical reaction, purification, production of standard materials or isomer separation is undergone; MaxNOM 50 % (EXW); or RVC 55 % (FOB).

• EU-Mexico Global Agreement · Mexico

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, «dental waxes» and dental preparations with a basis of plaster, except for: / or: Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EU-Palestine Interim Association Agreement · Palestine

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: / or: Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

• EPA SADC · South Africa

  Soap, organic surface–active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: / or: Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex–works price of the product / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex–works price of the product

• EU-Singapore FTA · Singapore

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster, except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product or Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EU-Viet Nam FTA · Vietnam

  Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster, except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product; or manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product.

Source: European Commission, Access2Markets (CC BY 4.0, shortened). The text of the agreement prevails. Access2Markets

Legal and explanatory notes for 3402900000

Sources: Combined Nomenclature 2026, Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (CELEX 32025R1926), and the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature (CELEX 02019XC0329(02)-20260213). The section and chapter notes are legally binding; the explanatory notes are guidance. EUR-Lex

UK advance tariff rulings for 3402900000

Rulings of HM Revenue & Customs for goods with UK commodity codes that start like this EU code. The UK tariff differs from the EU tariff, so these rulings are guidance for the EU.

• UK 3402901090 Valid Nov 13, 2024 to Nov 12, 2027 · Ruling 600011464 on GOV.UK

  Product is a liquid concentrate, separation agent for pressing surfaces/plates in machinery. Also used to eliminate the formation of deposits of dispersion and UF adhesives on the pressing surfaces of commonly used presses. Comes as a yellow viscous liquid. Product is put up in 1 litre bottles of concentrated liquid. Usage:- Dilute with water at an approximate ratio of 1:4 and apply evenly to the pressing surfaces, then allow to dry. Product makeup:- n-monoalkyl(C10 – C13)benzensulfonic acid, sodium salt, Polyphosphate sodium salt, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt, water

  Justification

  Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, reg 3(1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect - a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1)(a)); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b)). General Interpretative Rules (GIR)s GIR 1 Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading - 3402 - Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401 GIR 5B Has been used to identify the type of packaging - put up in 1 litre bottles GIR 6 Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level - 340290 - other than specified elsewhere in this heading 8 Digit code - 34029010 - Surface-active preparations 10 Digit code - 3402901090 - other than specified elsewhere …

• UK 3402909000 Valid Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 27, 2027 · Ruling 600011314 on GOV.UK

  Brake, Clutch and Electrical Cleaner is a cleaning product used in the automotive trade to clean brake discs and and electrical components on vehicles. The product is packaged in 400 millilitres, 5 litres, 25 litres and 205 litres.

  Justification

  Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, reg 3 (1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect – a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1)(a)); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b)). General Interpretative Rules GIR’s: Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: General interpretative rules (GIR’s): GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 3402: Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401 GIR 5b has been used to identify the type of packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 340290: other than elsewhere specified 8 Digit Code: 34029090: Washing preparations and cleaning …

• UK 3402909000 Valid Oct 30, 2024 to Oct 29, 2027 · Ruling 600011459 on GOV.UK

  Product is a reddish coloured ethanol based cleaning agent/fluid used in edge banding/gluing machines before buffing wheels/surface scraper. It removes the previously applied release agent and loosens/removes adhesive residues. Product is put up in 10 & 30 litre containers. Usage:- To be sprayed on the top and bottom edge of the workpiece Product makeup:- ethanol, acetone, water, methyl ethyl ketone.

  Justification

  Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, reg 3(1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect - a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1)(a)); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b)). General interpretative rules (GIR)s: GIR 1 Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 3402 - Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401 GIR 5B Has been used to identify the type of packaging: 10 & 30 litre containers GIR 6 Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 340290 - other than specified elsewhere in this heading 8 Digit Code: 34029090 - other than specified elsewhere in this heading; washing preparations and cleaning preparations. …

Source: HM Revenue & Customs, Advance Tariff Rulings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Restrictions and flags for 340290

• Russia sanctions: import ban Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, Annex XXI 3402

  Art. 3i, goods generating significant revenue for Russia

  Read the act on EUR-Lex
• Russia sanctions: export ban Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, Annex XXIII 3402

  Art. 3k, goods contributing to Russian industrial capacity

  Read the act on EUR-Lex

For orientation only. Check the act before you rely on a flag; thresholds, derogations and exceptions are not shown in full.

EU trade in 2025 for 340290

Extra-EU imports

€465.7M

172,995 t

Extra-EU exports

€1.4B

Top origin countries by import value

1. United Kingdom €194.9M
2. United States €120M
3. Switzerland €26.4M
4. China €18.7M
5. Türkiye €18.1M

CN8 codes below this code: 2. Source: Eurostat, Comext, CC BY 4.0, processed by hscode.info. Confidential trade is not allocated to codes.

Tariff changes for 340290 since 2016

• Jul 2025 3402901020 Code removed
• Jul 2025 3402901080 Code added
• Jan 2025 3402901070 Code removed
• Jan 2025 3402901015 Code added
• Jan 2021 3 codes Code removed

Month-by-month comparison of the European Commission’s TARIC extractions. Seasonal entry prices left out.

UK import duty for 340290

• 4%

Third-country duties of all UK commodity codes under this HS subheading. Source: UK Department for Business and Trade, as of Nov 2, 2026. The UK tariff differs from the EU tariff.

Import VAT in the EU

• Austria 20 %
• Belgium 21 %
• Bulgaria 20 %
• Croatia 25 %
• Cyprus 19 %
• Czechia 21 %
• Denmark 25 %
• Estonia 24 %
• Finland 25.5 %
• France 20 %
• Germany 19 %
• Greece 24 % maybe 6 %
• Hungary 27 %
• Ireland 23 %
• Italy 22 %
• Latvia 21 %
• Lithuania 21 %
• Luxembourg 17 % maybe 14 %
• Malta 18 %
• Netherlands 21 %
• Poland 23 %
• Portugal 23 %
• Romania 21 %
• Slovakia 23 %
• Slovenia 22 %
• Spain 21 %
• Sweden 25 %

Standard rate per member state, on the customs value, the duty and transport to the destination. Reduced rates often depend on the use or the buyer and apply only where the country provides them for these goods. Source: European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database, as of Nov 2, 2026.

Rules of origin

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