Code 2912 49 · Heading 2912

Aldehydes with alcohol, ether, phenol or other oxygen-containing groups, excluding vanillin and ethylvanillin

This code covers aldehyde alcohols, aldehyde ethers, aldehyde phenols and aldehydes with other oxygen-containing groups. It does not cover ethylvanillin or vanillin.

For example

Salicylaldehyde, an aldehyde phenol
Anisaldehyde, an aldehyde ether

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Official tariff text

Aldehyde-alcohols, aldehyde-ethers, aldehyde-phenols and aldehydes with other oxygen function (excl. ethylvanillin "3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde" and vanillin "4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde")

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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?
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Step 2 · Chapter 29 Organic chemicals 2 of 11 chapters in section VI
What type of organic chemical is it—for example, a hydrocarbon, alcohol, acid, nitrogen compound, sulfur compound, heterocyclic compound, vitamin, hormone, glycoside, plant alkaloid, sugar, antibiotic or another listed organic compound?
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Step 3 · Heading 2912 Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen functio… 12 of 42 headings under chapter 29
Which description matches the product: methanal (formaldehyde), ethanal (acetaldehyde), another acyclic aldehyde without other oxygen-containing groups, benzaldehyde, another cyclic aldehyde without other oxygen-containing groups, vanillin, ethylvanillin, an aldehyde alcohol, aldehyde ether, aldehyde phenol or another aldehyde with other oxygen-containing groups, a cyclic polymer of aldehydes, or paraformaldehyde?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2912 49 Aldehyde-alcohols, aldehyde-ethers, aldehyde-phenol… 8 of 10 subheadings under heading 2912
Is the product methanal (formaldehyde), ethanal (acetaldehyde), another acyclic aldehyde without other oxygen-containing groups, benzaldehyde, another cyclic aldehyde without other oxygen-containing groups, vanillin, ethylvanillin, an aldehyde alcohol, aldehyde ether, aldehyde phenol or aldehyde with another oxygen-containing group, a cyclic polymer of aldehydes, or paraformaldehyde?

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2912 49 00 Aldehyde-alcohols, aldehyde-ethers, aldehyde-phenols and aldehydes with other oxygen function (excl. ethylvanillin "3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde" and vanillin "4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde") 5.5% Save

Compare the sibling codes

2912 11 Methanal "formaldehyde" 5.5%
2912 12 Ethanal "acetaldehyde" 5.5%
2912 19 Acyclic aldehydes, without other oxygen function (excl. methanal [formaldehyde] and ethanal [acetaldehyde]) No rate on file
2912 21 Benzaldehyde 5.5%
2912 29 Cyclic aldehydes, without other oxygen function (excl. benzaldehyde) 5.5%
2912 41 Vanillin "4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde" 5.5%
2912 42 Ethylvanillin "3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde" 5.5%
2912 49 Aldehyde-alcohols, aldehyde-ethers, aldehyde-phenols and aldehydes with other oxygen function (excl. ethylvanillin "3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde" and vanillin "4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde") you are here 5.5%
2912 50 Cyclic polymers of aldehydes 5.5%
2912 60 Paraformaldehyde 5.5%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

29.12.4900

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

2912 49 00 30

Salicylaldehyde (CAS RN 90-02-8)

Ordinary duty

4.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2912 49 00 50

2,6-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (CAS RN 387-46-2)

Ordinary duty

4.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2912 49 00 60

4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde (CAS RN 123-08-0) with a purity by weight of 96 % or more

Ordinary duty

4.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2912 49 00 70

5-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-2-methoxybenzaldehyde (CAS RN 85943-26-6) with a purity by weight of 98 % or more

Ordinary duty

4.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
2912 49 00 90

Other

Ordinary duty

Depends on the product details

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 v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 9, 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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Ethylvanillin "3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde"

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Cyclic polymers of aldehydes

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