Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, dyes, cosmetics, soap. Harmonized System Section 6, Chapters 28–38.

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Chapter 28

Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes

28.01

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine

28.02

28.03

28.04

Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals

28.05

Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury

28.06

Hydrogen chloride (Hydrochloric acid); chlorosulfuric acid

28.07

28.08

28.09

Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid;polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined

28.10

28.11

Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of nonmetals

28.12

Halides and halide oxides of nonmetals

28.13

Sulfides of nonmetals; commercial phosphorus trisulfide

28.14

Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution

28.15

Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (Caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium

28.16

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium

28.17

28.18

Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminum oxide; aluminum hydroxide

28.19

Chromium oxides and hydroxides

28.20

Manganese oxides

28.21

Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colors containing 70 percent or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>

28.22

28.23

28.24

Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead

28.25

Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides

28.26

Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts

28.27

Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides

28.28

Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites

28.29

Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates

28.30

Sulfides; polysulfides, whether or not chemically defined

28.31

Dithionites and sulfoxylates

28.32

Sulfites; thiosulfates

28.33

Sulfates; alums; peroxosulfates (persulfates)

28.34

Nitrites; nitrates

28.35

Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined

28.36

Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate

28.37

Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides

28.39

Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates

28.40

Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)

28.41

Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids

28.42

Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides

28.43

Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals

28.44

Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products

28.45

Isotopes other than those of heading 2844; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined

28.46

Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium, or of mixtures of these metals

28.47

28.49

Carbides, whether or not chemically defined

28.50

28.52

Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams

28.53

Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorous; other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals

Chapter 29

Organic chemicals

29.01

Acyclic hydrocarbons

29.02

Cyclic hydrocarbons

29.03

Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons

29.04

Sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated

29.05

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.06

Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.07

Phenols; phenol-alcohols

29.08

Halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols

29.09

Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol- phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.10

Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.11

29.12

Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde

29.13

29.14

Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated, or nitrosated derivatives

29.15

Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.16

Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.17

Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.18

Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.19

Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.20

Esters of other inorganic acids of nonmetals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.21

Amine-function compounds

29.22

Oxygen-function amino-compounds

29.23

Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined

29.24

Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid

29.25

Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds

29.26

Nitrile-function compounds

29.27

29.28

29.29

Compounds with other nitrogen function

29.30

Organo-sulfur compounds

29.31

Other organo-inorganic compounds

29.32

Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only

29.33

Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only

29.34

Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds

29.35

Sulfonamides

29.36

Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent

29.37

Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones

29.38

Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

29.39

Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

29.40

29.41

Antibiotics

29.42

Chapter 30

Pharmaceutical products

30.01

Glands and other organs for organotherapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organotherapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included

30.02

Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; cell cultures, whether or not modified

30.03

Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale

30.04

Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale

30.05

Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes

30.06

Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter

Chapter 31

Fertilizers

31.01

31.02

Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous

31.03

Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic

31.04

Mineral or chemical fertilizers, potassic

31.05

Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing two or three of the fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilizers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg

Chapter 32

Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other coloring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks

32.01

Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

32.02

Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning

32.03

32.04

Synthetic organic coloring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic coloring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

32.05

32.06

Other coloring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of heading 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

32.07

Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colors, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres and similar preparations, of a kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes

32.08

Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a nonaqueous medium; solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter

32.09

Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium

32.10

32.11

32.12

Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in nonaqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes and other coloring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale

32.13

Artists', students' or signboard painters' colors, modifying tints, amusement colors and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings

32.14

Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; nonrefractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like

32.15

Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid

Chapter 33

Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations

33.01

Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils

33.02

Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages

33.03

33.04

Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations

33.05

Preparations for use on the hair

33.06

Preparations for oral or dental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes and powders; yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages

33.07

Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared room deodorizers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties

Chapter 34

Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles

34.01

Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent

34.02

Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401

34.03

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, antirust or anticorrosion preparations and mold release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 percent or more by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

34.04

Artificial waxes and prepared waxes

34.05

Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 3404

34.06

34.07

Modeling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as "dental wax" or as "dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulfate)

Chapter 35

Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes

35.01

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues

35.02

Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 percent whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivatives

35.03

35.04

35.05

Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinized or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches

35.06

Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg

35.07

Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included

Chapter 36

Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations

36.01

36.02

36.03

Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators

36.04

Fireworks, signaling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles

36.05

36.06

Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of combustible materials as specified in note 2 to this chapter

Chapter 37

Photographic or cinematographic goods

37.01

Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed, whether or not in packs

37.02

Photographic film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed

37.03

Photographic paper, paperboard and textiles, sensitized, unexposed

37.04

37.05

37.06

Motion-picture film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating sound track or consisting only of sound track

37.07

Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use

Chapter 38

Miscellaneous chemical products

38.01

Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semimanufactures

38.02

Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black

38.03

38.04

38.05

Gum, wood or sulfate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulfite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent

38.06

Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums

38.07

38.08

Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting 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, sulfur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and flypapers)

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

38.10

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

Antiknock 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

Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticizers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; antioxidizing preparations and other compound stabilizers for rubber or plastics

38.13

38.14

38.15

Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included

38.16

Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801

38.17

Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902

38.18

38.19

38.20

38.21

38.22

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 3006; certified reference materials

38.23

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols

38.24

Prepared binders for foundry molds 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

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

38.27

Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included

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