Chapter 36: Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations

What HS chapter 36 covers: Explosives, pyrotechnic products. All 3 headings and 22 tariff codes, with the official chapter notes. Free, no sign-up.

Source: Turkish Ministry of Trade — Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule (TGTC), 2026 edition. Data last updated: 7 August 2026. Compiled from the official schedule for information only. Binding tariff information is issued by the customs administration.

What this chapter covers

This chapter covers explosives, pyrotechnic products, matches, pyrophoric alloys and certain combustible preparations. The headings listed here take in initiating and detonating devices (36.03), pyrotechnic articles such as fireworks and signalling flares (36.04), and ferro-cerium type pyrophoric alloys together with articles of combustible materials (36.06). The notes keep "combustible preparations" narrow: metaldehyde and similar products put up as tablets or sticks for use as fuel, alcohol-based and other similar prepared fuels in solid or paste form, liquid or liquefied-gas fuels for lighters in containers of 300 cm³ or less, and resin torches and firelighters.

• Safety fuses, detonating cords, percussion and detonating caps, igniters and electric detonators (36.03)
• Fireworks, signalling and rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles (36.04)
• Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys, in all forms (36.06)
• Metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine and similar products put up as tablets, sticks or similar forms for use as fuel; alcohol-based and other similar prepared fuels in solid or paste form (36.06)
• Liquid or liquefied-gas fuels for lighters and similar igniting devices, in containers of 300 cm³ or less (36.06)
• Resin torches, firelighters and the like (36.06)

Not covered by this chapter

• Separate chemically defined compounds — other than the combustible preparations described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of note 2

Chapter notes (official Turkish text)

1. Bu fasıla, aşağıdaki 2 nolu notun (a) veya (b) bendlerinde yazılı bulunanlar hariç olmak üzere,

kimyaca belirli bir yapıda bulunan izole edilmiş bileşikler dahil değildir.

2. 36.06 pozisyonundaki " ateş alıcı maddeler " tabiri yalnızca aşağıda yazılı olanları kapsar:

(a) Metaldehit, hekzametilentetramin ve benzeri ürünler (yakıt olarak kullanılmak amacıyla tablet,

çubuk ve benzeri şekillerde hazırlanmış); alkol esaslı yakıtlar ve benzeri diğer müstahzar yakıtlar

(katı veya hamur halde);

(b) Çakmaklarda veya ateşlemeye yarayan benzeri aletlerde kullanılan neviden olup, 300 cm³ veya

daha az hacimdeki kaplara konulmuş sıvı veya sıvılaştırılmış akaryakıtlar ;ve

(c) Reçineli meşaleler, ateş yakıcı maddeler ve benzerleri.

Headings in this chapter

The first six digits of every code in this chapter are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System. The chapter has 3 headings and 22 twelve-digit codes (2026 schedule).

• 36.03 — Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators — 6 twelve-digit tariff codes
• 36.04 — Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles — 5 twelve-digit tariff codes
• 36.06 — Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of combustible materials n.e.c. in chapter 36 — 5 twelve-digit tariff codes

Import duty rates across this chapter

The range is always computed WITHIN a single column: showing the EU column and the all-other-countries column as one range would misstate the duty. The binding rate depends on the twelve-digit code and the country of origin.

Source: annexes to the 2026 Import Regime Decree.

• Customs duty — list column 7 — 5.7% – 6.5% · codes with a row: 22 · List II, V
• Additional customs duty — list column 7 — 25% · codes with a row: 1 · List EK-1
• Headings carrying the highest customs duty — 3602 6.5% · 36.03 6.5% · 36.04 6.5% · 3605 6.5% · 36.06 6.5%

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