Chapter 28 · September 2026 · Imports
Inorganic chemicals, organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth…
Pakistan imported US$81.7 million of chapter 28 goods in September 2026, 1.2% of all imports. China was the largest source with 20.2%. Importers paid an effective 12.6% in duties and taxes.
Import value
$81.7m
Rs 23.1bn
Duties & taxes
12.6%
Rs 2.9bn collected
Goods declarations
888
1,124 line items
Importers
516
distinct importers
Headings in this chapter
4-digit codesOther
$3.7m4.5%
Source countries
Other
$56.6m69.3%
Duties & taxes actually paid
share of assessed value12.6%effective rate · Rs 2.9bn paid on Rs 23.1bn of goods
Sales taxRs 2bn8.7%
Income tax (withholding)Rs 514.4m2.2%
Customs dutyRs 214.4m0.9%
Anti-dumping dutyRs 67.5m0.3%
Additional sales taxRs 67.4m0.3%
Regulatory dutyRs 36.1m0.2%
Additional customs dutyRs 437,5500.0%
Other leviesRs 132,1960.0%
All headings in chapter 28
41 codes- 2801 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
- 2803 Carbon, carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. $4.7m
- 2804 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals $348k
- 2805 Alkali or alkaline-earth metals, rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium…
- 2808 Nitric acid, sulphonitric acids $103k
- 2809 Diphosphorus pentaoxide, phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acids, whether or not… $54.9m
- 2810 Oxides of boron, boric acids $535k
- 2811 Inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals, n.e.c. in… $1.3m
- 2812 Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
- 2814 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
- 2815 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)… $632k
- 2816 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium, oxides, hydroxides and peroxides of… $46k
- 2817 Zinc, oxide and peroxide $929k
- 2818 Aluminium oxide (including artificial corundum), aluminium hydroxide $642k
- 2819 Chromium oxides and hydroxides $203k
- 2821 Iron oxides and hydroxides, earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of… $631k
- 2823 Titanium oxides $384k
- 2824 Lead oxides, red lead and orange lead $230k
- 2825 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts, other inorganic bases… $18k
- 2826 Fluorides, fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts $78k
- 2827 Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides, bromides and bromide… $299k
- 2828 Hypochlorites, commercial calcium hypochlorite, chlorites, hypobromites $6k
- 2829 Chlorates and perchlorates, bromates and perbromates, iodates and periodates $226k
- 2830 Sulphides, polysulphides whether or not chemically defined $607k
- 2831 Dithionites and sulphoxylates $2.7m
- 2832 Sulphites, thiosulphates $920k
- 2833 Sulphates, alums, peroxosulphates (persulphates) $3.1m
- 2834 Nitrites, nitrates $92k
- 2835 Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), and phosphates, and… $2.0m
- 2836 Carbonates, peroxocarbonates (percarbonates), commercial ammonium carbonate… $3.6m
- 2837 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
- 2839 Silicates, commercial alkali metal silicates $84k
- 2840 Borates, peroxoborates (perborates) $694k
- 2841 Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids $154k
- 2842 Salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, n.e.c. including aluminosilicates… $360k
- 2843 Colloidal precious metals, inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals… $86k
- 2844 Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile… $136k
- 2845 Isotopes other than those of heading no. 2844, compounds, inorganic or…
- 2847 Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea $276k
- 2849 Carbides, whether or not chemically defined $439k
- 2853 Phosphides, chemically defined or not, not ferrophosphorus, other inorganic… $2k
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Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) codes follow the international Harmonized System (HS): the first 2 digits are the chapter, 4 digits the heading, 6 digits the HS subheading and the last 2 digits Pakistan's national split. Figures cover September 2026 and come from customs declarations; values are customs-assessed values converted at Rs 283.18 per US$.