HTS Chapter 38 tariff rates (headings 3801–3827), 2026
Chapter 38 has 182 tariff lines across 27 headings. 44 (24%) enter duty-free at the general (MFN) rate, and 173 are on a Section 301 list, so products of China pay an extra duty on top.
182 tariff lines, USITC 2026HTSRev19. Specific or compound = a rate per unit (e.g. ¢/kg), not a percentage.
Section 301 China lists in chapter 38
| List | Duty for products of China | Lines |
|---|---|---|
| List 2 | Base rate + 25% | 2 |
| List 3 | Base rate + 25% | 154 |
| List 4A | Base rate + 7.5% | 17 |
| List 4B | Base rate + 15% (suspended, not collected) | 2 |
1 lines also carry a 2024 four-year-review increase (HTS U.S. note 31), several with future effective dates.
Highest general duty rates in chapter 38
| HTS code | Description | General rate | Section 301 |
|---|---|---|---|
3806.30.00.00 | Ester gums | 6.5% | List 3 (+25%) |
3808.52.00.00 | DDT (ISO) (clofenatone (INN)), in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g | 6.5% | List 4A (+7.5%) |
3808.59.10.00 | Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic pesticide | 6.5% | List 4B (+15%, suspended) |
3808.61.10.00 | Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic pesticide | 6.5% | List 3 (+25%) |
3808.62.10.00 | Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic pesticide | 6.5% | List 3 (+25%) |
3808.69.10.00 | Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic pesticide | 6.5% | List 3 (+25%) |
All headings in chapter 38
| Heading | Description | Lines | Duty-free | Top rate | On 301 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3801 | Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semimanufactures: | 5 | 2 | 4.9% | 5 |
3802 | Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black: | 4 | 0 | 5.8% | 4 |
3803 | Tall oil, whether or not refined | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 |
3804 | Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulfonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 3803: | 2 | 1 | 3.7% | 2 |
3805 | Gum, wood or sulfate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulfite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent: | 3 | 1 | 5% | 3 |
3806 | Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums: | 4 | 0 | 6.5% | 4 |
3807 | Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch | 1 | 0 | 0.1% | 1 |
3808 | 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): | 32 | 6 | 6.5% | 30 |
3809 | Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included: | 6 | 0 | 6.5% | 6 |
3810 | Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods: | 4 | 1 | 6.5% | 4 |
3811 | Antiknock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils: | 6 | 2 | 6.5% | 6 |
3812 | Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticizers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; antioxidizing preparations and other compound stabilizers for rubber or plastics: | 10 | 2 | 6.5% | 10 |
3813 | Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades: | 2 | 1 | 3.7% | 2 |
3814 | Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers: | 3 | 0 | 6.5% | 3 |
3815 | Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included: | 7 | 4 | 6.5% | 7 |
3816 | Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801: | 2 | 1 | 3% | 2 |
3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902: | 3 | 0 | 6.5% | 3 |
3818 | Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
3819 | Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 percent by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 1 | 0 | 6.5% | 1 |
3820 | Antifreezing preparations and prepared deicing fluids | 1 | 0 | 6.5% | 1 |
3821 | Prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells | 1 | 0 | 5% | 0 |
3822 | Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 3006; certified reference materials: | 5 | 5 | 0% | 0 |
3823 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols: | 8 | 0 | 5.1% | 8 |
3824 | Prepared binders for foundry molds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included: | 39 | 7 | 6.5% | 39 |
3825 | Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter: | 9 | 9 | 0% | 9 |
3826 | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 percent by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous materials: | 2 | 0 | 6.5% | 2 |
3827 | Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included: | 20 | 0 | 6.5% | 20 |
General rates apply to most countries; free-trade partners can qualify for the special rate, and Column 2 applies to a few countries. Other duties (Section 232, antidumping/countervailing, other Chapter 99 measures) can also apply. Always confirm a classification with CBP or a licensed customs broker.
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