HS chapter 29
Organic chemicals
Chapter 29 has 42 headings with 454 EU tariff lines and 1,565 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 135 EU and 17 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 5 EU and 502 Mercosur lines.
Official chapter title: Organic chemicals · Data last updated 18 October 2026
How fast duties fall
Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.
| Treatment | EU lines | Mercosur lines |
|---|---|---|
| Duty-free from entry into force (0) | 135 | 17 |
| Phased out over 4 to 8 years | 314 | 1,046 |
| Phased out over 10 years | 0 | 452 |
| Phased out over 15 years (15, 15V) | 0 | 3 |
| Tariff-rate quota | 5 | 0 |
| Excluded (E) | 0 | 47 |
Headings in this chapter
Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.
| Heading | Description | Into the EU | Into Brazil | Calculate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2901 | Acyclic hydrocarbons | base 0% | base 2%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbonsExcluded lines | base 0% | base 0–10%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2903 | Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons | base 0–5.5%zero by 2030 | base 0–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2904 | Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons; whether or not halogenatedExcluded lines | base 5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2905 | Acyclic alcoholsQuotaExcluded lines | base 0–9.6%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2906 | Alcohols; cyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | base 0–5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2907 | Phenols; monophenols, polyphenols, and phenol-alcoholsExcluded lines | base 0–5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2908 | Phenols or phenol-alcohols; halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | base 5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivativesExcluded lines | base 0–5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2910 | Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers; with a three-membered ring and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivativesExcluded lines | base 5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 2911 | Acetals and hemiacetals; whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrostated derivatives | base 5%zero by 2030 | base 2%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 2912 | Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde | base 5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2913 | Aldehydes; halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading no. 2912 | base 5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 2914 | Ketones and quinones; whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrostated derivativesExcluded lines | base 0–5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2915 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivativesExcluded lines | base 0–5.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2916 | Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic, cyclic monocarboxylic, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivativesExcluded lines | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2917 | Acids; polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxy-acids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivativesExcluded lines | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2918 | Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2919 | Esters; phosphoric, and their salts, including lactophosphates, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | base 6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2920 | Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (other than of hydrogen halides) and their salts, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | base 6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2921 | Amine-function compounds | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2922 | Oxygen-function amino-compoundsExcluded lines | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2923 | Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined | base 5.7–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2924 | Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acidExcluded lines | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2925 | Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2926 | Nitrile-function compoundsExcluded lines | base 6–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2927 | Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds | base 6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2928 | Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2929 | Nitrogen-function compounds, n.e.c. in chapter 29 | base 6.5%zero by 2033 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2930 | Organo-sulphur compoundsExcluded lines | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 2931 | Other organo-inorganic compounds | base 6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 2932 | Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2933 | Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogenExcluded lines | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 0–14%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 2934 | Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 0–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2935 | Sulphonamides | base 0–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2936 | Provitamins, vitamins; natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates) derivatives thereof used as vitamins, and intermixtures of the fore-going, whether or not in any solventExcluded lines | base 0% | base 0–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2937 | Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones.Excluded lines | base 0% | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2938 | Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives | base 5.7–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2939 | Alkaloids; natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives | base 0% | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2940 | Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than the products of heading 29.37, 29.38, or 29.39 | base 6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2941 | Antibiotics | base 0–5.3%zero by 2030 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 2942 | Organic compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29 | base 6.5%zero by 2030 | base 2%zero by 2030 | Calculate |