# HS heading 38.09: Finishing 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

> HS heading 38.09 covers finishing 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. It is in chapter 38 (miscellaneous chemical products). It is split into 4 subheadings: 3809.10 (with a basis of amylaceous substances), 3809.91 (other, of a kind used in the textile or like industries), 3809.92 (other, of a kind used in the paper or like industries) and 3809.93 (other, of a kind used in the leather or like industries). National tariff lines under heading 38.09 are live on border.bot for the United States (6 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/3809
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 38](https://border.bot/hs-codes/38) / [38.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3809)

## Key facts

- Heading: 38.09
- Description: Finishing 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
- Chapter: 38: Miscellaneous chemical products
- Subheadings: 4
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 38.09 covers finishing 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.

It is split into 4 subheadings: 3809.10 (with a basis of amylaceous substances), 3809.91 (other, of a kind used in the textile or like industries), 3809.92 (other, of a kind used in the paper or like industries) and 3809.93 (other, of a kind used in the leather or like industries).

- [3809.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/380910) With a basis of amylaceous substances
- [3809.91](https://border.bot/hs-codes/380991) Other: Of a kind used in the textile or like industries
- [3809.92](https://border.bot/hs-codes/380992) Other: Of a kind used in the paper or like industries
- [3809.93](https://border.bot/hs-codes/380993) Other: Of a kind used in the leather or like industries

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 38 are classified in its other 26 headings, listed below.

- [38.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3801) Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures
- [38.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3802) Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black
- [38.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3803) Tall oil, whether or not refined
- [38.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3804) Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 38.03
- [38.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3805) Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent
- [38.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3806) Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums
- [38.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3807) Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch
- [38.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3808) Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)
- [38.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3810) Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods
- [38.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3811) 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
- [38.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3812) Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics
- [38.13](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3813) Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire- extinguishing grenades
- [38.14](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3814) Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers
- [38.15](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3815) Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included
- [38.16](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3816) Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 38.01
- [38.17](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3817) Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 27.07 or 29.02
- [38.18](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3818) Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics
- [38.19](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3819) Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- [38.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3820) Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids
- [38.21](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3821) Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells
- [38.22](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3822) Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06; certified reference materials
- [38.23](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3823) Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols
- [38.24](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3824) Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included
- [38.25](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3825) Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter
- [38.26](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3826) Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- [38.27](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3827) Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included

## How it is structured

Heading 38.09 is one of 27 headings in chapter 38. Its first two digits, 38, are the chapter; the next two, 09, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (3809.10, 3809.91, 3809.92).

## In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 38.09 are live on border.bot for the United States (6 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/38): 6 lines, used by 1 other country

- Previous heading: [38.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3808) Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)
- Next heading: [38.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3810) Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 38.09 cover?

HS heading 38.09 covers finishing 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.

### Which chapter is HS heading 38.09 in?

HS heading 38.09 is in chapter 38 (miscellaneous chemical products).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 38.09 have?

HS heading 38.09 has 4 subheadings: 3809.10 (with a basis of amylaceous substances), 3809.91 (other, of a kind used in the textile or like industries), 3809.92 (other, of a kind used in the paper or like industries) and 3809.93 (other, of a kind used in the leather or like industries).

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 38.09?

National tariff lines under heading 38.09 are live on border.bot for the United States (6 lines, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/3809.json