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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

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CN codeDescription
Conventional rate of duty (%)
Supplementary unit
2801Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
28011000Chlorine5,5—
28012000IodineFree—
280130Fluorine; bromine
28013010Fluorine5—
28013090Bromine5,5—
28020000Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur4,6—
28030000Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)Free—
2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
28041000Hydrogen3,7m3 f1
Rare gases
28042100Argon5m3
280429Other
28042910HeliumFreem3
28042990Other5m3
28043000Nitrogen5,5m3
28044000Oxygen5m3
280450Boron; tellurium
28045010Boron5,5—
28045090Tellurium2,1—
Silicon
28046100Containing by weight not less than 99,99 % of siliconFree—
28046900Other5,5—
28047000Phosphorus5,5—
28048000Arsenic2,1—
28049000SeleniumFree—
2805Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury
Alkali or alkaline-earth metals
28051100Sodium5—
28051200Calcium5,5—
280519Other
28051910Strontium and barium5,5—
28051990Other4,1—
280530Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed
28053010Intermixtures or interalloysf2 5,5—
Other
Of a purity by weight of 95% or more
28053020Cerium, lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium and samarium 2,7—
28053030Europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and yttrium 2,7—
28053040Scandium2,7—
28053080Other2,7—
280540Mercury
28054010In flasks of a net content of 34,5 kg (standard weight), of a fob value, per flask, not exceeding € 2243—
28054090OtherFree—
2806Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid
28061000Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)5,5—
28062000Chlorosulphuric acid5,5—
28070000Sulphuric acid; oleum3—
28080000Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids5,5—
2809Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined
28091000Diphosphorus pentaoxide5,5kg P2O5
28092000Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids5,5kg P2O5
281000Oxides of boron; boric acids
28100010Diboron trioxideFree—
28100090Other3,7—
2811Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
Other inorganic acids
28111100Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid)5,5—
28111200Hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid)5,3—
281119Other
28111910Hydrogen bromide (hydrobromic acid)Free—
28111980Other5,3—
Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
28112100Carbon dioxide5,5—
28112200Silicon dioxide4,6—
281129Other
28112905Sulphur dioxide5,5—
28112910Sulphur trioxide (sulphuric anhydride); diarsenic trioxide4,6—
28112930Nitrogen oxides5—
28112990Other5,3—
2812Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
Chlorides and chloride oxides
28121100Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene)5,5—
28121200Phosphorus oxychloride5,5—
28121300Phosphorus trichloride5,5—
28121400Phosphorus pentachloride5,5—
28121500Sulphur monochloride5,5—
28121600Sulphur dichloride5,5—
28121700Thionyl chloride5,5—
281219Other
28121910Of phosphorus5,5—
28121990Other5,5—
28129000Other5,5—
2813Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide
28131000Carbon disulphide5,5—
281390Other
28139010Phosphorus sulphides, commercial phosphorus trisulphide5,3—
28139090Other3,7—
2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
28141000Anhydrous ammonia5,5—
28142000Ammonia in aqueous solution5,5—
2815Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium
Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)
28151100Solid5,5—
28151200In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda)5,5kg NaOH
28152000Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)5,5kg KOH
28153000Peroxides of sodium or potassium5,5—
2816Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium
28161000Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium4,1—
28164000Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium5,5—
28170000Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide5,5—
2818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide
281810Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined
With an aluminium oxide content of 98,5 % by weight or more
28181011With less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm5,2—
28181019With 50 % or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm5,2—
With an aluminium oxide content of less than 98,5 % by weight
28181091With less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm5,2—
28181099With 50 % or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm5,2—
28182000Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum4—
28183000Aluminium hydroxide5,5—
2819Chromium oxides and hydroxides
28191000Chromium trioxide5,5—
281990Other
28199010Chromium dioxide3,7—
28199090Other5,5—
2820Manganese oxides
28201000Manganese dioxide5,3—
282090Other
28209010Manganese oxide containing by weight 77 % or more of manganeseFree—
28209090Other5,5—
2821Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3
28211000Iron oxides and hydroxides4,6—
28212000Earth colours4,6—
28220000Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides4,6—
28230000Titanium oxides5,5—
2824Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead
28241000Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot)5,5—
28249000Other5,5—
2825Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides
28251000Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts5,5—
28252000Lithium oxide and hydroxide5,3—
28253000Vanadium oxides and hydroxides5,5—
28254000Nickel oxides and hydroxidesFree—
28255000Copper oxides and hydroxides3,2—
28256000Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide5,5—
28257000Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides5,3—
28258000Antimony oxides5,5—
282590Other
Calcium oxide, hydroxide and peroxide
28259011Calcium hydroxide of a purity of 98 % or more calculated on the dry weight, in the form of particles of which:
  • not more than 1 % by weight have a particle-size exceeding 75 micrometres and

  • not more than 4 % by weight have a particle-size of less than 1,3 micrometres

Free—
28259019Other4,6—
28259020Beryllium oxide and hydroxide5,3—
28259040Tungsten oxides and hydroxides4,6—
28259060Cadmium oxideFree—
28259085Other5,5—
2826Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts
Fluorides
28261200Of aluminium5,3—
282619Other
28261910Of ammonium or of sodium5,5—
28261990Other5,3—
28263000Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (synthetic cryolite)5,5—
282690Other
28269010Dipotassium hexafluorozirconate5—
28269080Other5,5—
2827Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides
28271000Ammonium chloride5,5—
28272000Calcium chloride4,6—
Other chlorides
28273100Of magnesium4,6—
28273200Of aluminium5,5—
28273500Of nickel5,5—
282739Other
28273910Of tin4,1—
28273920Of iron2,1—
28273930Of cobalt5,5—
28273985Other5,5—
Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides
28274100Of copper3,2—
282749Other
28274910Of lead3,2—
28274990Other5,3—
Bromides and bromide oxides
28275100Bromides of sodium or of potassium5,5—
28275900Other5,5—
28276000Iodides and iodide oxides5,5—
2828Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites
28281000Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites5,5—
28289000Other5,5—
2829Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates
Chlorates
28291100Of sodium5,5—
28291900Other5,5—
282990Other
28299010Perchlorates4,8—
28299040Bromates of potassium or of sodiumFree—
28299080Other5,5—
2830Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined
28301000Sodium sulphides5,5—
283090Other
28309011Sulphides of calcium, of antimony or of iron4,6—
28309085Other5,5—
2831Dithionites and sulphoxylates
28311000Of sodium5,5—
28319000Other5,5—
2832Sulphites; thiosulphates
28321000Sodium sulphites5,5—
28322000Other sulphites5,5—
28323000Thiosulphates5,5—
2833Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)
Sodium sulphates
28331100Disodium sulphate5,5—
28331900Other5,5—
Other sulphates
28332100Of magnesium5,5—
28332200Of aluminium5,5—
28332400Of nickel5—
28332500Of copper3,2—
28332700Of barium5,5—
283329Other
28332920Of cadmium; of chromium; of zinc5,5—
28332930Of cobalt; of titanium5,3—
28332960Of lead4,6—
28332980Other5—
28333000Alums5,5—
28334000Peroxosulphates (persulphates)5,5—
2834Nitrites; nitrates
28341000Nitrites5,5—
Nitrates
28342100Of potassium5,5—
283429Other
28342920Of barium; of beryllium; of cadmium; of cobalt; of nickel; of lead5,5—
28342940Of copper4,6—
28342980Other3—
2835Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined
28351000Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites)5,5—
Phosphates
28352200Of mono- or disodium5,5—
28352400Of potassium5,5—
28352500Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (‘dicalcium phosphate’)5,5—
28352600Other phosphates of calcium5,5—
283529Other
28352910Of triammonium5,3—
28352930Of trisodium5,5—
28352990Other5,5—
Polyphosphates
28353100Sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate)5,5—
28353900Other5,5—
2836Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate
28362000Disodium carbonate5,5—
28363000Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate)5,5—
28364000Potassium carbonates5,5—
28365000Calcium carbonate5—
28366000Barium carbonate5,5—
Other
28369100Lithium carbonates5,5—
28369200Strontium carbonate5,5—
283699Other
Carbonates
28369911Of magnesium; of copper3,7—
28369917Other5,5—
28369990Peroxocarbonates (percarbonates)5,5—
2837Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
Cyanides and cyanide oxides
28371100Of sodium5,5—
28371900Other5,5—
28372000Complex cyanides5,5—
2838
2839Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
Of sodium
28391100Sodium metasilicates5—
28391900Other5—
28399000Other5—
2840Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)
Disodium tetraborate (refined borax)
28401100AnhydrousFree—
284019Other
28401910Disodium tetraborate pentahydrateFree—
28401990Other5,3—
284020Other borates
28402010Borates of sodium, anhydrousFree—
28402090Other5,3—
28403000Peroxoborates (perborates)5,5—
2841Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids
28413000Sodium dichromate5,5—
28415000Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates5,5—
Manganites, manganates and permanganates
28416100Potassium permanganate5,5—
28416900Other5,5—
28417000Molybdates5,5—
28418000Tungstates (wolframates)5,5—
284190Other
28419030Zincates and vanadates4,6—
28419085Other5,5—
2842Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides
28421000Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined5,5—
284290Other
28429010Salts, double salts or complex salts of selenium or tellurium acids5,3—
28429080Other5,5—
2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals
284310Colloidal precious metals
28431010Silver5,3—
28431090Other3,7—
Silver compounds
28432100Silver nitrate5,5—
28432900Other5,5—
28433000Gold compounds3g
284390Other compounds; amalgams
28439010Amalgams5,3—
28439090Other3g
2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
284410Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds
Natural uranium
28441010Crude; waste and scrap (Euratom)Freekg U
28441030Worked (Euratom)Freekg U
28441050Ferro-uraniumFreekg U
28441090Other (Euratom)Freekg U
284420Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products
Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235 or compounds of these products
28442025Ferro-uraniumFreegi F/S
28442035Other (Euratom)Freegi F/S
Plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing plutonium or compounds of these products
Mixtures of uranium and plutonium
28442051Ferro-uraniumFreegi F/S
28442059Other (Euratom)Freegi F/S
28442099OtherFreegi F/S
284430Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products
Uranium depleted in U 235; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235 or compounds of this product
28443011Cermets5,5—
28443019Other2,9—
Thorium; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing thorium or compounds of this product
28443051Cermets5,5—
Other
28443055Crude, waste and scrap (Euratom)Free—
Worked
28443061Bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, sheets and strips (Euratom)Free—
28443069Other (Euratom)1,5f3 —
Compounds of uranium depleted in U 235 or of thorium, whether or not mixed together
28443091Of thorium or of uranium depleted in U 235, whether or not mixed together (Euratom), other than thorium saltsFree—
28443099OtherFree—
284440Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 2844 10, 2844 20 or 2844 30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues
28444010Uranium derived from U 233 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures and compounds derived from U 233 or compounds of this productFree—
Other
28444020Artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom)Free—
28444030Compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom)Free—
28444080OtherFree—
28445000Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors (Euratom)Freegi F/S
2845Isotopes other than those of heading 2844; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
28451000Heavy water (deuterium oxide) (Euratom)5,5—
284590Other
28459010Deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products (Euratom)5,5—
28459090Other5,5—
2846Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
28461000Cerium compounds3,2—
284690Other
28469010Compounds of lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium or samarium 3,2—
28469020Compounds of europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium or yttrium 3,2—
28469030Scandium compounds3,2—
28469090Compounds of mixtures of metals3,2—
28470000Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea5,5kg H2O2
2848
2849Carbides, whether or not chemically defined
28491000Of calcium5,5—
28492000Of silicon5,5—
284990Other
28499010Of boron4,1—
28499030Of tungsten5,5—
28499050Of aluminium; of chromium; of molybdenum; of vanadium; of tantalum; of titanium5,5—
28499090Other5,3—
285000Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849
28500020Hydrides; nitrides4,6—
28500060Azides; silicides5,5—
28500090Borides5,3—
2851
2852Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams
28521000Chemically defined5,5—
28529000Other5,5—
2853Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus; 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
28531000Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan)5,5—
285390Other
28539010Distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity2,7—
28539030Liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air4,1—
28539090Other5,5—
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  3. Additional note

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

At a pressure of 1 013 mbar and at a temperature of 15 °C.

f2

Statistical TARIC codes: see Annex 10.

f3

Autonomous rate of duty: Free.