Code 3813 00 · Heading 3813

Fire-extinguishing preparations and charges, and fire-extinguishing grenades

This covers preparations and charges for fire extinguishers, as well as fire-extinguishing grenades. It does not cover fire extinguishers themselves, whether charged or uncharged and including portable extinguishers, or unmixed chemicals with fire-extinguishing properties unless they are in grenade form.

For example

Fire-extinguishing preparation
Replacement charge for a fire extinguisher
Fire-extinguishing grenade

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Official tariff text

Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms)

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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 3813 Præparater og ladninger til ildslukningsapparater s… 13 of 27 headings under chapter 38
Is the product a preparation or charge for a fire extinguisher, or a fire-extinguishing grenade?
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Step 4 · Subheading 3813 00 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; ch… 1 of 1 subheading under heading 3813
Is the product a fire-extinguishing preparation or charge, or a fire-extinguishing grenade, rather than a fire extinguisher itself or an unmixed chemical product with fire-extinguishing properties that is not in grenade form?

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3813 00 00 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms) 6.5% Save

Export to Norway

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

38.13.0001

Containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) or perhalogenated fluorocarbons (PFC)

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
38.13.0002

Containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or dibromotetrafluoroethanes

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
38.13.0003

Containing methane, ethane or propane hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs)

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
38.13.0004

Containing methane, ethane or propane hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
38.13.0005

Containing bromochloromethane

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
38.13.0009

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.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

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).

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.