3811 21 00 Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
Anti-knock 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: › Additives for lubricating oils: › Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
Duty rate for goods from outside the EU
5.3% of the customs value
Valid since 15 September 1994
Other measures can apply depending on the country of origin, for example preferences, quotas or anti-dumping duties. Check the TARIC for your case.
Import VAT, standard rate
- Netherlands: 21%
- Germany: 19%
- France: 20%
- Belgium: 21%
Standard rate. A reduced rate can apply to some goods.
TARIC subdivisions (10 digits)
- 3811 21 00 11 Dispersing agent and oxidation inhibitor containing : -|o-amino polyisobutylenephenol (CAS RN 78330-13-9), -|more than 30|% by weight but not more than 50|% by weight of mineral oils, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 12 Dispersing agent containing : -|esters of polyisobutenyl succinic acid and pentaerythritol (CAS RN 103650-95-9), -|35|% or more but not more than 55|% by weight of mineral oils and -|with a chlorine content of not more than 0,05|% by weight, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 13 Additives containing|: -|borated magnesium (C16-C24) alkylbenzene sulphonates and -|mineral oils, having a total base number| (TBN) of more than 250, but not more than 350,| for use in the manufacture of| lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 14 Dispersing agent|: -|containing polyisobutene succinimide derived from reaction products of polyethylenepolyamines with polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride (CAS RN 147880-09-9), -|containing|35|% or more but not more than 55|% by weight of mineral oils, -|with a chlorine content by weight of not more than|0,05|%,| -|having a total base number of less than|15, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 16 Detergent containing : -|Calcium salt of beta-aminocarbonyl alkylphenol (reaction product Mannich base of alkylphenol) -|40|% or more but not more than 60|% by weight of mineral oils and -|having a total base number more than 120 used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 19 Additives containing: -| a polyisobutylene succinimide based mixture, and -| more than 30|% but not more than 50|% by weight of mineral oils, having a total base number of more than 40, for use in the manufacture of lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 20 Additives for lubricating oils, based on complex organic molybdenum compounds, in the form of a solution in mineral oil (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 21 Additive containing by weight: -90 % or more but not more than 97 % of reaction products of butyl-cyclohex-3-enecarboxylate and sulphur (CAS RN 160305-95-3), -3 % or more but not more than 10 % of mineral oil, for use in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 22 Additive consisting essentially of: -Polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride (CAS RN 192662-34-3) reaction product with N,N-diethylaminoethanol (CAS RN 100-37-8), -25 % or more by weight, but not more than 40 % by weight of mineral oil, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 24 Additive consisting essentially of: -Polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride reaction product with polyethylenepolyamines, borated (CAS RN 134758-95-5), with a chlorine content by weight of 0,05 % or more but not more than 0,25 % and a total base number (TBN) of more than 20, -45 % and more by weight and no more than 55 % by weight of mineral oil, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 25 Additives containing: -|a| (C8-18) alkyl polymethacrylate copolymer with| N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]methacrylamide, of an average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 10,000|but not more than 20,000, and -|more than 15|% , but not more than 30|% by weight of mineral oils, for use in the manufacture of| lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 26 Additive consisting essentially of: -Phosphorodithioic acid, mixed O,O-bis (1,3-dimethylbutyl and isopropyl) esters, zinc salts (CAS RN 84605-29-8), -7 % or more by weight but not more than 12 % by weight of mineral oil, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 27 Additives containing: -10 % or more by weight of an ethylene-propylene copolymer chemically modified by succinic anhydride groups reacted with 3-nitroaniline, and -mineral oils, for use in the manufacture of lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 28 Additive consisting essentially of: -Zinc bis(O,O-bis(2-ethylhexyl)) bis (dithiophosphate) (CAS RN 4259-15-8); -triphenyl phosphite (CAS RN 101-02-0) more than 0,5 % by weight but not more than 6 % by weight, -O,O,O-triphenyl phosphorothioate (CAS RN 597-82-0) more than 0,5 % by weight but not more than 6 % by weight, and not more than 7,5 % by weight of the combination of triphenylphosphorus compounds -10 % or more by weight but not more than 20 % by weight of mineral oils, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 29 Additive containing by weight: -25 % or more but not more than 40 % of calcium C16-24 alkylbenzenesulphonates (CAS RN 70024-69-0), -30 % or more but not more than 65 % of mineral oils, for use in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 30 Additives for lubricating oils, containing mineral oils, consisting of calcium salts of reaction products of polyisobutylene substituted phenol with salicylic acid and formaldehyde, used as a concentrated additive for the manufacture of engine oils through a blending process (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 32 Additive consisting essentially of: -Zinc O,O,O',O'-tetrakis (1,3-dimethylbutyl) bis(phosphorodithioate) (CAS RN 2215-35-2), -4 % or more by weight but not more than 12 % by weight of mineral oil, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 33 Additives containing: -|calcium salts of heptylphenol reaction products with formaldehyde (CAS RN 84605-23-2), and -|mineral oils, having a total base number (TBN) of more than 40|but not more than 100, for use in the manufacture of lubricating oils or|overbased detergents for use in lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 34 Detergent containing: -benzenesulfonic acid, methyl-, mono-C20-24-branched alkyl derivs., calcium salts (CAS RN 722503-68-6), -more than 30 % but not more than 60 % by weight of mineral oils, and, -having a total base number of more than 310 but not more than 340, used in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 37 Additives containing: -|a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer esterified with C4-C20|alcohols, modified by| aminopropylmorpholine, and -|more than 50|% but not more than 75|% by weight of mineral oils, |for use in the|manufacture of lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 38 Solution of mineral oils (CAS RN 64742-52-5, 64742-53-6, 64742-56-9 or blends thereof) containing by weight: -25 % or more but not more than 55 % of the barium, calcium, magnesium or zinc salt of dinonylnaphthylsulphonic acid (CAS RN 25619-56-1, 28015-99-8, 28016-00-4, or 57855-77-3) -whether or not, not more than 25 % of the barium, calcium, magnesium or zinc salt of a mixture of C3-C24 carboxylic acids (CAS RN 68990-37-4) (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 48 Additives containing: - overbased magnesium (C20-C24) alkylbenzenesulphonates (CAS RN 231297-75-9) and - by weight more than 25% but not more than 50% of mineral oils, - having a total base number of more than 350, but not more than 450, for use in the manufacture of lubricating oils or for use in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 53 Additives containing:| -|overbased calcium petroleum sulphonates (CAS 68783-96-0) with a sulphonate content by weight of 15|%|or more, but not more than 30|% and -|by weight more than 40|%|but not more than 60|% of mineral oil, having a total base number|of 280|or more but not more than 420,for use in the manufacture of lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 55 Additives containing: -|low base number calcium polypropylbenzenesulphonate|(CAS RN 75975-85-8) and -|by weight more than|40|% but not more than 60|% mineral oils, having a total base number|of| more than 10|but not more than 25, for use in the manufacture of lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 60 Additives for lubricating oils, containing mineral oils, -|based on calcium polypropylenyl substituted benzenesulphonate (CAS RN 75975-85-8) with a content by weight of 25|% or more but not more than 35|%, -|with a total base number (TBN) of 280|or more but not more than 320, used as a concentrated additive for the manufacture of engine oils through a blending process (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 63 Additives containing: -|an overbased mixture of calcium petroleum sulphonates (CAS RN|61789-86-4) and synthetic calcium alkylbenzenesulphonates (CAS RN 68584-23-6|and CAS RN 70024-69-0)| with a total sulphonate content by weight of 15|% or more, but not more than 25|% and -|by weight more than 40|%|but not more than 60|% of mineral oils, having a total base number|of 280|or more but not more than 320, for use in the manufacture of lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 65 Additives containing: -|a polyisobutylene succinimide based mixture (CAS RN 160610-76-4), and -|more than 35|% but not more than 50|% by weight of mineral oils, having a sulphur content of more than 0,7|% but not more than 1,3|% by weight, having a total base number of more than 8, for use in the manufacture of lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 70 Additives for lubricating oils, -|containing polyisobutylene succinimide derived from reaction products of polyethylenepolyamines with polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride (CAS RN 84605-20-9), -|containing mineral oils, -|with a chlorine content by weight of 0,05|% or more but not more than 0,25|%, -|with a total base number (TBN) of more than 20, used as a concentrated additive for the manufacture of engine oils through a blending process (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 73 Additives containing: -|borated succinimide compounds (CAS RN 134758-95-5), -|mineral oils, and -|having a total base number (TBN) greater than 40, for use in the manufacture of additive mixtures|for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 75 Additives containing: -|Calcium (C10-C14) dialkylbenzenesulfonates, -|more than 40|%, but not more than 60|% by weight of mineral oils, with a total base number of not more than 10, for use in the manufacture of blends of additives for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 77 Antifoam additives consisting of: -|a copolymer of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and ethyl acrylate, and -|more than 50|% but not more than 80|% by weight of mineral oils for use in the manufacture of| additive blends for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 80 Additives containing : -|polyisobutylene aromatic polyamine succinimide, -|more than 40|% but not more than 60|% by weight of mineral oils, with a nitrogen content of more than 0,6|% but not more than 0,9|% by weight, for use in the manufacture of additive blends for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 83 Additives containing: -|polyisobutene succinimide derived from reaction of polyethylenepolyamines with polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride (CAS RN 84605-20-9), -|containing more than 31,9|% but not more than 43,3|% by weight of mineral oils, -|not more than 0,05|% by weight chlorine, and -|having a total base number (TBN) greater than 20, for use in the manufacture of additives blends for lubricating oils (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 85 Additives, -|containing more than 20|% but not more than 45|% by weight of mineral oils, -|based on a mixture of branched dodecylphenol sulfide calcium salts, whether or not carbonated, for use in the manufacture of blends of additives (can be declared)
- 3811 21 00 90 Other (can be declared)
Notes of the nomenclature
Section VI: Notes
1. (A)Goods (other than radioactive ores) answering to a description in heading 2844 or 2845 are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of the nomenclature.
(B) Subject to paragraph (A) above, goods answering to a description in heading 2843, 2846 or 2852 are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this section.
2. Subject to note 1 above, goods classifiable in heading 3004, 3005, 3006, 3212, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3506, 3707 or 3808 by reason of being put up in measured doses or for retail sale are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of the nomenclature.
3. Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are:
(a) having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to be used together without first being repacked;
(b) presented together; and
(c) identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present, as being complementary one to another.
4. Where a product answers to a description in one or more of the headings in Section VI by virtue of being described by name or function and also to heading 3827, then it is classifiable in a heading that references the product by name or function and not under heading 3827.
Chapter 38: Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) separate chemically defined elements or compounds with the exception of the following:
(1) artificial graphite (heading 3801);
(2) insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up as described in heading 3808;
(3) products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades (heading 3813);
(4) certified reference materials specified in note 2 below;
(5) products specified in note 3(a) or 3(c) below;
(b) mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs (generally, heading 2106);
(c) products of heading 2404;
(d) slag, ash and residues (including sludges, other than sewage sludge), containing metals, arsenic or their mixtures and meeting the requirements of note 3(a) or 3(b) to Chapter 26 (heading 2620);
(e) medicaments (heading 3003 or 3004); or
(f) spent catalysts of a kind used for the extraction of base metals or for the manufacture of chemical compounds of base metals (heading 2620), spent catalysts of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 7112) or catalysts consisting of metals or metal alloys in the form of, for example, finely divided powder or woven gauze (Section XIV or XV).
2. (A)For the purpose of heading 3822, the expression ‘certified reference materials’ means reference materials which are accompanied by a certificate which indicates the values of the certified properties, the methods used to determine these values and the degree of certainty associated with each value and which are suitable for analytical, calibrating or referencing purposes.
(B) With the exception of the products of Chapter 28 or 29, for the classification of certified reference materials, heading 3822 shall take precedence over any other heading in the nomenclature.
3. Heading 3824 includes the following goods which are not to be classified in any other heading of the nomenclature:
(a) cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2,5 g each, of magnesium oxide or of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals;
(b) fusel oil; Dippel's oil;
(c) ink removers put up in packings for retail sale;
(d) stencil correctors, other correcting fluids and correction tapes (other than those of heading 9612), put up in packings for retail sale; and
(e) ceramic firing testers, fusible (for example, Seger cones).
4. Throughout the nomenclature, ‘municipal waste’ means waste of a kind collected from households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, shops, offices, etc., road and pavement sweepings, as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally contains a large variety of materials such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, metals, food materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles. The term ‘municipal waste’, however, does not cover:
(a) individual materials or articles segregated from the waste, for example wastes of plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass or metals, electrical and electronic waste and scrap (including spent batteries) which fall in their appropriate headings of the nomenclature;
(b) industrial waste;
(c) waste pharmaceuticals, as defined in note 4(k) to Chapter 30; or
(d) clinical waste, as defined in note 6(a) below.
5. For the purposes of heading 3825, ‘sewage sludge’ means sludge arising from urban effluent treatment plant and includes pre-treatment waste, scourings and unstabilised sludge. Stabilised sludge when suitable for use as fertiliser is excluded (Chapter 31).
6. For the purposes of heading 3825, the expression ‘other wastes’ applies to:
(a) clinical waste, that is, contaminated waste arising from medical research, diagnosis, treatment or other medical, surgical, dental or veterinary procedures, which often contain pathogens and pharmaceutical substances and require special disposal procedures (for example, soiled dressings, used gloves and used syringes);
(b) waste organic solvents;
(c) wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freezing fluids; and
(d) other wastes from chemical or allied industries.
7. For the purposes of heading 3826, the term ‘biodiesel’ means mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids of a kind used as a fuel, derived from animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils whether or not used.
Chapter 38: Subheading notes
1. Subheadings 380852 and 380859 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing one or more of the following substances : alachlor (ISO); aldicarb (ISO); aldrin (ISO); azinphos-methyl (ISO); binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); carbofuran (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; endosulfan (ISO); ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters; perfluorooctane sulphonic acid and its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters; tributyltin compounds; trichlorfon (ISO).
2. Subheadings 380861 to 380869 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing alpha-cypermethrin (ISO), bendiocarb (ISO), bifenthrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), cyfluthrin (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), etofenprox (INN), fenitrothion (ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), malathion (ISO), pirimiphos-methyl (ISO) or propoxur (ISO).
3. Subheadings 382481 to 382489 cover only mixtures and preparations containing one or more of the following substances : oxirane (ethylene oxide); polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs); polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs); tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate; aldrin (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); chlordane (ISO); chlordecone (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN); 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); endosulfan (ISO); endrin (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); mirex (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); pentachlorobenzene (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers; short-chain chlorinated paraffins.
4. For the purposes of subheadings 382541 and 382549, ‘waste organic solvents’ are wastes containing mainly organic solvents, not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether or not intended for recovery of the solvents.
Indicative only. The binding ruling comes from customs.
Data as of 6 October 2026. Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Regulation (EU) 2025/1926).
European Commission data, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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