Harmonized System
Chemical HS codes
The four digit headings of chapters 28 to 40, which cover chemicals, plastics and rubber. Values are world exports in 2024. Open any code for trade data, chemicals and suppliers.
Chapter 28: Inorganic chemicals
Inorganic chemicals, compounds of precious metals, rare earth metals and radioactive elements
- 2801Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine$2.89B
- 2802Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated, colloidal sulphur$533M
- 2803Carbon, carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere classified$5.79B
- 2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals$11B
- 2805Alkali or alkaline-earth metals, rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed…$1.18B
- 2806Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid), chlorosulphuric acid$402M
- 2807Sulphuric acid, oleum$1.18B
- 2808Nitric acid, sulphonitric acids$386M
- 2809Diphosphorus pentaoxide, phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined$5.23B
- 2810Oxides of boron, boric acids$398M
- 2811Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals$5.58B
- 2812Halides and halide oxides of non-metals$831M
- 2813Sulphides of non-metals, commercial phosphorus trisulphide$174M
- 2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution$5.49B
- 2815Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), potassium hydroxide (caustic potash), peroxides of sodium or potassium$5.46B
- 2816Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium, oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium$228M
- 2817Zinc, oxide and peroxide$1.32B
- 2818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined, aluminium oxide, aluminium hydroxide$20B
- 2819Chromium oxides and hydroxides$274M
- 2820Manganese oxides$359M
- 2821Iron oxides and hydroxides, earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as…$679M
- 2822Cobalt oxides and hydroxides, commercial cobalt oxides$200M
- 2823Titanium oxides$509M
- 2824Lead oxides, red lead and orange lead$108M
- 2825Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts, other inorganic bases, other metal oxides, hydroxides…$7.72B
- 2826Fluorides, fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts$1.18B
- 2827Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides, bromides and bromide oxides, iodides and iodide oxides$3.21B
- 2828Hypochlorites, commercial calcium hypochlorite, chlorites, hypobromites$647M
- 2829Chlorates and perchlorates, bromates and perbromates, iodates and periodates$604M
- 2830Sulphides, polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined$619M
- 2831Dithionites and sulphoxylates$178M
- 2832Sulphites, thiosulphates$459M
- 2833Sulphates, alums, peroxosulphates (persulphates)$4.27B
- 2834Nitrites, nitrates$1.18B
- 2835Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates, polyphosphates, whether…$4.12B
- 2836Carbonates, peroxocarbonates (percarbonates), commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate$9.96B
- 2837Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides$1.04B
- 2839Silicates, commercial alkali metal silicates$757M
- 2840Borates, peroxoborates (perborates)$669M
- 2841Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids$9.64B
- 2842Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined)…$3.42B
- 2843Colloidal precious metals, inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically…$8.79B
- 2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements…$16.4B
- 2845Isotopes other than those of heading 2844, compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether…$2.83B
- 2846Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these…$2.64B
- 2847Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea$793M
- 2849Carbides, whether or not chemically defined$1.51B
- 2850Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds…$648M
- 2852Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams$12.5M
- 2853Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus, other inorganic compounds…$2.45B
Chapter 29: Organic chemicals
Organic chemicals
- 2901Acyclic hydrocarbons$25.3B
- 2902Cyclic hydrocarbons$36.3B
- 2903Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons$9.67B
- 2904Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated$1.15B
- 2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives$31.6B
- 2906Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives$2.29B
- 2907Phenols, phenol-alcohols$3.74B
- 2908Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols$539M
- 2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal…$15B
- 2910Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated…$2.98B
- 2911Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated…$73.2M
- 2912Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function, cyclic polymers of aldehydes, paraformaldehyde$2.13B
- 2913Aldehydes, halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912$53.8M
- 2914Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated…$5.54B
- 2915Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids…$13.8B
- 2916Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides…$8.92B
- 2917Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids, their halogenated, sulphonated…$14.8B
- 2918Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids…$8.4B
- 2919Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated…$956M
- 2920Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts…$1.64B
- 2921Amine-function compounds$9.85B
- 2922Oxygen-function amino-compounds$15.1B
- 2923Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides, lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically…$2.47B
- 2924Carboxyamide-function compounds, amide-function compounds of carbonic acid$8.23B
- 2925Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds$2.26B
- 2926Nitrile-function compounds$3.51B
- 2927Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds$571M
- 2928Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine$1.38B
- 2929Compounds with other nitrogen function$5.73B
- 2930Organo-sulphur compounds$7.33B
- 2931Other organo-inorganic compounds$7.49B
- 2932Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only$9.38B
- 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only$66.5B
- 2934Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined, other heterocyclic compounds$31.4B
- 2935Sulphonamides$5.67B
- 2936Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives…$8.76B
- 2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis, derivatives…$38.1B
- 2938Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives$1.56B
- 2939Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives$1.97B
- 2940Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, sugar ethers, sugar…$1.4B
- 2941Antibiotics$9.18B
- 2942Organic compounds, not elsewhere classified in chapter 29$589M
Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical products
Pharmaceutical products
- 3001Glands and other organs (extracts, secretions thereof) for organo-therapeutic uses, dried, powdered…$3.7B
- 3002Human blood, animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses, antisera, other blood fractions…$321B
- 3003Medicaments, (not goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) of two or more constituents mixed together…$18B
- 3004Medicaments, (not goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products…$407B
- 3005Wadding, gauze, bandages (dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical…$10.6B
- 3006Pharmaceutical goods$19.7B
Chapter 31: Fertilisers
Fertilisers
- 3101Fertilizers, animal or vegetable, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated, fertilizers produced…$1.18B
- 3102Fertilizers, mineral or chemical, nitrogenous$23B
- 3103Fertilizers, mineral or chemical, phosphatic$4.23B
- 3104Fertilizers, mineral or chemical, potassic$12.4B
- 3105Fertilizers, mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium…$31B
Chapter 32: Dyes, pigments and paints
Tanning or dyeing extracts, dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and inks
- 3201Tanning extracts of vegetable origin, tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives$339M
- 3202Tanning substances, synthetic organic or inorganic tanning substances, tanning preparations, whether…$464M
- 3203Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts, not animal black), whether…$1.74B
- 3204Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon, synthetic organic products used as…$11.1B
- 3205Colour lakes, preparations based on colour lakes as specified in note 3 to this chapter$279M
- 3206Colouring matter and preparations thereof not elsewhere classified in heading 3203, 3204, 3205, inorganic…$14.1B
- 3207Pigments, prepared, opacifiers, colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres etc as…$4.27B
- 3208Paints, varnishes, (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural…$16B
- 3209Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural…$6.97B
- 3210Paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), excluding those of heading 3209, prepared…$738M
- 3211Driers, prepared$201M
- 3212Pigments (metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media in liquid or paste form, as used…$1.93B
- 3213Colours, artists, students, or signboard painters, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like…$919M
- 3214Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics, painters' fillings…$10.6B
- 3215Ink, printing, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid$10.7B
Chapter 33: Essential oils and cosmetics
Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
- 3301Oils, essential (concretes, absolutes), concentrates thereof in fats, fixed oils, waxes or the like (obtained…$5.55B
- 3302Odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these…$30.8B
- 3303Perfumes and toilet waters$31.9B
- 3304Cosmetic and toilet preparations, beauty, make-up and skin care preparations (excluding medicaments…$71.2B
- 3305Hair preparations, for use on the hair$17.6B
- 3306Oral or dental hygiene preparations, including fixative pastes and powders, yarn used to clean between…$6.65B
- 3307Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, pre-shave, shaving, after-shave, bath preparations, personal…$14.7B
Chapter 34: Surfactants, soaps and waxes
Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing and lubricating preparations, waxes, polishes and candles
- 3401Soap, organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes…$14.7B
- 3402Organic surface-active agents (not soap), surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning…$36.6B
- 3403Lubricating preparations and those used in oil or grease treatment of textile and similar materials…$10.6B
- 3404Waxes, artificial, prepared$3.68B
- 3405Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar, in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated…$2.51B
- 3406Candles, tapers and the like$4.72B
- 3407Modelling pastes, including those for children, dental wax, impression compounds, in sets or packings…$1.2B
Chapter 35: Proteins, starches, glues and enzymes
Albuminoidal substances, modified starches, glues and enzymes
- 3501Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives, casein glues$2.13B
- 3502Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80% whey…$3.23B
- 3503Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin…$1.95B
- 3504Peptones and their derivatives, other protein substances and their derivatives not elsewhere classified…$4.48B
- 3505Dextrins and other modified starches (e.g. pregelatinised or esterified starches), glues based on starches…$4.58B
- 3506Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere classified or included, products suitable for use…$14.1B
- 3507Enzymes, prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included$7.33B
Chapter 36: Explosives and pyrotechnics
Explosives, pyrotechnic products, matches and certain combustible preparations
- 3601Explosives, propellent powders$875M
- 3602Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders$1.04B
- 3603Safety fuses, detonating cords, percussion or detonating caps, igniters, electric detonators$1.81B
- 3604Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles$1.59B
- 3605Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading 3604$90.2M
- 3606Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms, articles of combustible materials not elsewhere…$305M
Chapter 37: Photographic goods
Photographic or cinematographic goods
- 3701Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard…$4.28B
- 3702Photographic film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles…$1.41B
- 3703Photographic paper, paperboard and textiles, sensitised, unexposed$371M
- 3704Photographic plates, film, paper, paperboard and textiles, exposed but not developed$22.6M
- 3705Photographic plates and film, exposed and developed, other than cinematographic film$2.04B
- 3706Cinematographic film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating sound track or consisting only…$4.88M
- 3707Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar…$6.12B
Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products
Miscellaneous chemical products
- 3801Artificial graphite, colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite, preparations based on graphite or other carbon…$3.17B
- 3802Activated carbon, activated natural mineral products, animal black, including spent animal black$2.98B
- 3803Tall oil, whether or not refined$426M
- 3804Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically…$388M
- 3805Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine, other terpenic oils, crude dipentene, sulphite turpentine, other crude…$258M
- 3806Rosin and resin acids and derivatives thereof, rosin spirit and rosin oils, run gums$1.31B
- 3807Wood tar, wood tar oils, wood creosote, wood naphtha, vegetable pitch, brewers' pitch and similar…$99.9M
- 3808Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators…$36B
- 3809Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing, fixing of dyestuffs, other products…$4.29B
- 3810Metal-pickling preparations, fluxes etc for soldering, brazing, welding powders, pastes of metal…$1.98B
- 3811Anti-knock preparations, oxidation and gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations…$12.4B
- 3812Prepared rubber accelerators, compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere classified…$4.96B
- 3813Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers, charged fire-extinguishing grenades$347M
- 3814Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included, prepared paint or varnish…$1.89B
- 3815Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations not elsewhere classified or included$20.6B
- 3816Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than…$2.48B
- 3817Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902$1.91B
- 3818Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms, chemical…$15.3B
- 3819Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing…$1.05B
- 3820Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids$1.4B
- 3821Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like)…$3.33B
- 3822Reagents, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether…$43.5B
- 3823Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining, industrial fatty alcohols$13B
- 3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied…$47.3B
- 3825Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included, municipal waste…$283M
- 3826Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils…$21.2B
- 3827Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included$1.58B
Chapter 39: Plastics
Plastics and articles thereof
- 3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms$77.9B
- 3902Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms$40.6B
- 3903Polymers of styrene, in primary forms$14.6B
- 3904Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms$18.8B
- 3905Polymers of vinyl acetate or of other vinyl esters, in primary forms, other vinyl polymers in primary forms$5.27B
- 3906Acrylic polymers in primary forms$15.1B
- 3907Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms, polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl…$58.9B
- 3908Polyamides in primary forms$14.2B
- 3909Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes, in primary forms$19.2B
- 3910Silicones in primary forms$6.44B
- 3911Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes, polysulphides, polysulphones and other products…$6.97B
- 3912Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms$6.55B
- 3913Natural polymers (for example, alginic acid) and modified natural polymers (for example, hardened proteins…$3.47B
- 3914Ion-exchangers, based on polymers of heading 3901 to 3913, in primary forms$2.19B
- 3915Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics$2.89B
- 3916Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether…$7.45B
- 3917Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics$32.5B
- 3918Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles, wall or ceiling…$13.9B
- 3919Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether…$26.4B
- 3920Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated…$63.4B
- 3921Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics$31B
- 3922Baths, shower-baths, sinks, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns…$5.13B
- 3923Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics, stoppers, lids, caps and other closures…$65.5B
- 3924Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics$25.7B
- 3925Builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included$17B
- 3926Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914$96.7B
Chapter 40: Rubber
Rubber and articles thereof
- 4001Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets…$14.8B
- 4002Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip, mixtures…$23.9B
- 4003Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip$425M
- 4004Waste, parings and scrap of rubber (other than hard rubber) and powders and granules obtained therefrom$369M
- 4005Compounded rubber, unvulcanised, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip$6.4B
- 4006Unvulcanised rubber in other forms (e.g. rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (e.g. discs and rings)$395M
- 4007Vulcanised rubber thread and cord$640M
- 4008Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber$4.51B
- 4009Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (other than hard rubber), with or without their fittings (e.g.…$12B
- 4010Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber$6.37B
- 4011New pneumatic tyres, of rubber$95.7B
- 4012Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber, solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber$2.73B
- 4013Inner tubes, of rubber$1.1B
- 4014Hygienic or pharmaceutical articles (including teats), of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber…$1.11B
- 4015Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts), for all purposes…$9.45B
- 4016Articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, not elsewhere classified in chapter 40$31.5B
- 4017Hard rubber (e.g. ebonite) in all forms, including waste and scrap, articles of hard rubber$215M