Chapter 38 · September 2026 · Imports
Chemical products n.e.c.
Pakistan imported US$81.1 million of chapter 38 goods in September 2026, 1.2% of all imports. China was the largest source with 36.4%. Importers paid an effective 18.9% in duties and taxes.
Import value
$81.1m
Rs 23bn
Duties & taxes
18.9%
Rs 4.3bn collected
Goods declarations
2,600
6,844 line items
Importers
1,150
distinct importers
Headings in this chapter
4-digit codesOther
$1.4m1.7%
Source countries
Other
$15.2m18.8%
Duties & taxes actually paid
share of assessed value18.9%effective rate · Rs 4.3bn paid on Rs 23bn of goods
Sales taxRs 3bn13.1%
Income tax (withholding)Rs 886.7m3.9%
Customs dutyRs 196m0.9%
Additional sales taxRs 184.9m0.8%
Regulatory dutyRs 22.7m0.1%
Anti-dumping dutyRs 20.3m0.1%
Additional customs dutyRs 5.8m0.0%
Other leviesRs 3m0.0%
All headings in chapter 38
23 codes- 3801 Artificial graphite, colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite, preparations based… $659k
- 3802 Activated carbon, activated natural mineral products, animal black, including… $393k
- 3804 Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated… $182k
- 3805 Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine, other terpenic oils, crude dipentene…
- 3806 Rosin and resin acids and derivatives thereof, rosin spirit and rosin oils… $524k
- 3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products… $15.7m
- 3809 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing, fixing of dyestuffs… $6.3m
- 3810 Metal-pickling preparations, fluxes etc for soldering, brazing, welding… $564k
- 3811 Anti-knock preparations, oxidation and gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers… $5.6m
- 3812 Prepared rubber accelerators, compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics… $3.4m
- 3813 Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers, charged fire-extinguishing… $25k
- 3814 Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included… $673k
- 3815 Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations n.e.c.… $2.3m
- 3816 Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including… $770k
- 3817 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading… $15.6m
- 3819 Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission… $88k
- 3820 Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids $527k
- 3821 Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms… $172k
- 3822 Reagents, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic… $12.8m
- 3823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining, industrial… $1.3m
- 3824 Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores, chemical products and… $11.8m
- 3825 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere…
- 3827 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not… $1.8m
About this chapter
- Section
- VI · Chemicals & pharmaceuticals
- Chapter
- 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) codes follow the international Harmonized System (HS): the first 2 digits are the chapter, 4 digits the heading, 6 digits the HS subheading and the last 2 digits Pakistan's national split. Figures cover September 2026 and come from customs declarations; values are customs-assessed values converted at Rs 283.18 per US$.