Code 3809 10 · Heading 3809

Starch-based finishing and dye-fixing preparations for textile, paper or leather industries

This code covers finishing agents, dyeing or dye-fixing accelerators, prepared sizing and mordanting agents, and similar preparations used in the textile, paper, leather or related industries, when they are based on starch or starch products. The exact child code depends on the weight percentage of starch or starch products.

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A starch-based textile finishing preparation
A starch-based paper finishing preparation
A starch-based leather finishing preparation

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Official tariff text

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s., based on starch or derivatives thereof

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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 38 Miscellaneous chemical products 11 of 11 chapters in section VI
Which specific product type is it: a carbon or mineral product, resin or terpentine product, pesticide, textile, paper or leather treatment, soldering or welding preparation, oil or fuel additive, rubber or plastic additive, fire-extinguishing preparation, solvent or paint remover, catalyst, refractory product, alkylbenzene or alkylnaphthalene mixture, doped electronic material, hydraulic fluid, antifreeze or de-icing liquid, culture substrate, diagnostic or laboratory reagent, fatty acid or fatty alcohol, foundry binder or other chemical preparation, chemical waste, biodiesel, or a mixture containing halogenated methane, ethane or propane derivatives?
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Step 3 · Heading 3809 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dy… 9 of 27 headings under chapter 38
Is it based on starch or starch products; if not, is it intended for the textile, paper or leather industry or a related industry?
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Step 4 · Subheading 3809 10 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dy… 1 of 4 subheadings under heading 3809
What is the weight percentage of starch or starch products: < 55 weight percent; >= 55 weight percent but < 70 weight percent; >= 70 weight percent but < 83 weight percent; or >= 83 weight percent?

This is the catch-all under 3809: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within this parent group, this code covers the textile-, paper- or leather-industry preparations that are based on starch or starch products, because the sibling codes name the corresponding preparations when they are not based on starch or starch products.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 6.3% to 8.3%.

3809 10 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s., based on starch or derivatives thereof you are here 8.3%
3809 91 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous substances) 6.3%
3809 92 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the paper or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous substances) 6.3%
3809 93 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the leather or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous substances) 6.3%

Export to Norway

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

38.09.1000

With a basis of amylaceous substances

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.

All 4 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

8.0%

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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