HS code 3809: Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate
Heading 3809 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 38, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
3809Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included
Place in the nomenclature: 38 Miscellaneous chemical products > 3809
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
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.
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 7
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3809
- 3809 10With a basis of amylaceous substances
Explanatory note (Eurostat): 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
- 3809 10 10 Containing by weight less than 55 % of such substances
- 3809 10 30 Containing by weight 55 % or more but less than 70 % of such substances
- 3809 10 50 Containing by weight 70 % or more but less than 83 % of such substances
- 3809 10 90 Containing by weight 83 % or more of such substances
- 3809 91Other | Of a kind used in the textile or like industries
Explanatory note (Eurostat): 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)
- 3809 91 00 Of a kind used in the textile or like industries
- 3809 92Other | Of a kind used in the paper or like industries
Explanatory note (Eurostat): 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)
- 3809 92 00 Of a kind used in the paper or like industries
- 3809 93Other | Of a kind used in the leather or like industries
Explanatory note (Eurostat): 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)
- 3809 93 00 Of a kind used in the leather or like industries
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.