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Code 2918 19 98 · Subheading 2918 19

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Other carboxylic acids with alcohol groups, but no other oxygen-containing groups, and their derivatives

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.

This code covers carboxylic acids that contain alcohol groups but no other oxygen-containing groups, together with their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and specified derivatives. It does not cover the separately named acids and substances, including cholic acid, deoxycholic acid, 2,2-bis[hydroxymethyl]propionic acid, chlorbenzilate and benzilic acid, or their stated salts and esters.

For example

  • A carboxylic acid containing alcohol groups but no other oxygen-containing groups
  • An anhydride of a carboxylic acid containing alcohol groups but no other oxygen-containing groups
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Official tariff text

Carboxylic acids with alcohol function but without other oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. lactic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, gluconic acid, cholic acid, 3-alpha, 12-alpha-dihydroxy-5-beta-cholan-24-oic acid "deoxycholic acid" and their salts and esters, and 2,2-bis"hydroxymethyl"propionic acid and chlorobenzilate [ISO] and 2,2-Diphenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid (benzilic acid))

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2918 19 98

Other carboxylic acids with alcohol groups, but no other oxygen-containing groups, and their derivatives

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 29181998.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 6.5%.

Trade measures to be aware of

Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.

  • Lower duty for goods from some countries

    Preferential rates exist for goods originating in San Marino; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); Ivory Coast; 49 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.

    Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

  • Restrictions and paperwork

    Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Ukraine; North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); any country.

    Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:

    • Movement certificate EUR.1
    • Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
    • Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
    • Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
    • Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
    • Exemption from REACH restrictions by virtue of Article 67(1) and 67(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
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    • Substance/mixture not subjected to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Annex XVII)
    • Compliance with the REACH restrictions defined in Column 2 of Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
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EU tariff measure data version 2026-08-03-tullverket.

Export to Norway

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

  • 29.18.1912

    Phenylglycolic acid (mandelic acid) and its salts

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

  • 29.18.1919

    Other

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

  • 29.18.1992

    4-Hydroxy butanoic acid (gamma-hydroxy-butyric acid)

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

  • 29.18.1998

    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. 3, 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.

  • 2918 19 98 20

    L-Malic acid (CAS RN 97-67-6)

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

  • 2918 19 98 25

    (S)-2-Hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid (CAS RN 17199-29-0) with a purity by weight of 99 % or more

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

  • 2918 19 98 30

    Ethyl 1-hydroxycyclopentanecarboxylate (CAS RN 41248-23-1)

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

  • 2918 19 98 50

    12-Hydroxyoctadecanoic acid (CAS RN 106-14-9) with a purity by weight of 90 % or more for use in the manufacture of polyglycerin-poly-12-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid esters

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

  • 2918 19 98 60

    (R)-tert-butyl 2'-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-methyl-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-carboxylate (CAS RN 1246560-92-8) with a purity by weight of 98 % or more

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

  • 2918 19 98 70

    Rac-tert-butyl 3-hydroxy-4-pentenoate (CAS RN 122763-67-1) with a purity by weight of 98 % or more

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

  • 2918 19 98 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. 3, 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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