Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

Type Regulation
Publication 1987-07-23
Last updated 2026-01-01
State In force
Department Council of the European Union
Source EUR-Lex
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CN code Description Conventional rate of duty (%) Supplementary unit
1 2 3 4
I. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
2801 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine:
2801 10 00 Chlorine 5,5
2801 20 00 Iodine Free
2801 30 Fluorine; bromine:
2801 30 10 – – Fluorine 5
2801 30 90 – – Bromine 5,5
2802 00 00 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur 4,6
2803 00 00 Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) Free
2804 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals:
2804 10 00 Hydrogen 3,7 m3 (1)
Rare gases:
2804 21 00 – – Argon 5 m3 (1)
2804 29 – – Other:
2804 29 10 – – – Helium Free m3 (1)
2804 29 90 – – – Other 5 m3 (1)
2804 30 00 Nitrogen 5,5 m3 (1)
2804 40 00 Oxygen 5 m3 (1)
2804 50 Boron; tellurium:
2804 50 10 – – Boron 5,5
2804 50 90 – – Tellurium 2,1
Silicon:
2804 61 00 – – Containing by weight not less than 99,99 % of silicon Free
2804 69 00 – – Other 5,5
2804 70 Phosphorus:
2804 70 10 – – Red phosphorus 5,5
2804 70 90 – – Other 5,5
2804 80 00 Arsenic 2,1
2804 90 00 Selenium Free
2805 Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury:
Alkali or alkaline-earth metals:
2805 11 00 – – Sodium 5
2805 12 00 – – Calcium 5,5
2805 19 – – Other:
2805 19 10 – – – Strontium and barium 5,5
2805 19 90 – – – Other 4,1
2805 30 Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed:
2805 30 10 – – Intermixtures or interalloys (2) 5,5
– – Other:
– – – Of a purity by weight of 95 % or more:
2805 30 21 – – – – Cerium and lanthanum (2) 2,7
2805 30 29 – – – – Praseodymium, neodymium and samarium (2) 2,7
2805 30 31 – – – – Gadolinium, terbium and dysprosium (2) 2,7
2805 30 39 – – – – Europium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and yttrium (2) 2,7
2805 30 40 – – – – Scandium 2,7
2805 30 80 – – – Other 2,7
2805 40 Mercury:
2805 40 10 – – In flasks of a net content of 34,5 kg (standard weight), of a fob value, per flask, not exceeding € 224 3
2805 40 90 – – Other Free
II. INORGANIC ACIDS AND INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS
2806 Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid:
2806 10 00 Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid) 5,5
2806 20 00 Chlorosulphuric acid 5,5
2807 00 00 Sulphuric acid; oleum 3
2808 00 00 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids 5,5
2809 Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined:
2809 10 00 Diphosphorus pentaoxide 5,5 kg P2O5
2809 20 00 Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids 5,5 kg P2O5
2810 00 Oxides of boron; boric acids:
2810 00 10 – Diboron trioxide Free
2810 00 90 – Other 3,7
2811 Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals:
Other inorganic acids:
2811 11 00 – – Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid) 5,5
2811 12 00 – – Hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid) 5,3
2811 19 – – Other:
2811 19 10 – – – Hydrogen bromide (hydrobromic acid) Free
2811 19 80 – – – Other 5,3
Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals:
2811 21 00 – – Carbon dioxide 5,5
2811 22 00 – – Silicon dioxide 4,6
2811 29 – – Other:
2811 29 05 – – – Sulphur dioxide 5,5
2811 29 10 – – – Sulphur trioxide (sulphuric anhydride); diarsenic trioxide 4,6
2811 29 30 – – – Nitrogen oxides 5
2811 29 90 – – – Other 5,3
III. HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS
2812 Halides and halide oxides of non-metals:
Chlorides and chloride oxides:
2812 11 00 – – Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene) 5,5
2812 12 00 – – Phosphorus oxychloride 5,5
2812 13 00 – – Phosphorus trichloride 5,5
2812 14 00 – – Phosphorus pentachloride 5,5
2812 15 00 – – Sulphur monochloride 5,5
2812 16 00 – – Sulphur dichloride 5,5
2812 17 00 – – Thionyl chloride 5,5
2812 19 – – Other:
2812 19 10 – – – Of phosphorus 5,5
2812 19 90 – – – Other 5,5
2812 90 00 Other 5,5
2813 Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide:
2813 10 00 Carbon disulphide 5,5
2813 90 Other:
2813 90 10 – – Phosphorus sulphides, commercial phosphorus trisulphide 5,3
2813 90 90 – – Other 3,7
IV. INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES OF METALS
2814 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution:
2814 10 00 Anhydrous ammonia 5,5
2814 20 00 Ammonia in aqueous solution 5,5
2815 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium:
Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda):
2815 11 00 – – Solid 5,5
2815 12 00 – – In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) 5,5 kg NaOH
2815 20 00 Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) 5,5 kg KOH
2815 30 00 Peroxides of sodium or potassium 5,5
2816 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium:
2816 10 00 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium 4,1
2816 40 00 Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium 5,5
2817 00 00 Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide 5,5
2818 Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide:
2818 10 Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined:
– – With an aluminium oxide content of 98,5 % by weight or more:
2818 10 11 – – – With less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm 5,2
2818 10 19 – – – With 50 % or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm 5,2
– – With an aluminium oxide content of less than 98,5 % by weight:
2818 10 91 – – – With less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm 5,2
2818 10 99 – – – With 50 % or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm 5,2
2818 20 00 Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum 4
2818 30 00 Aluminium hydroxide 5,5
2819 Chromium oxides and hydroxides:
2819 10 00 Chromium trioxide 5,5
2819 90 Other:
2819 90 10 – – Chromium dioxide 3,7
2819 90 90 – – Other 5,5
2820 Manganese oxides:
2820 10 00 Manganese dioxide 5,3
2820 90 Other:
2820 90 10 – – Manganese oxide containing by weight 77 % or more of manganese Free
2820 90 90 – – Other 5,5
2821 Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3:
2821 10 00 Iron oxides and hydroxides 4,6
2821 20 00 Earth colours 4,6
2822 00 00 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides 4,6
2823 00 00 Titanium oxides 5,5
2824 Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead:
2824 10 00 Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot) 5,5
2824 90 00 Other 5,5
2825 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides:
2825 10 00 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts 5,5
2825 20 00 Lithium oxide and hydroxide 5,3
2825 30 00 Vanadium oxides and hydroxides 5,5
2825 40 00 Nickel oxides and hydroxides Free
2825 50 00 Copper oxides and hydroxides 3,2
2825 60 00 Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide 5,5
2825 70 00 Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides 5,3
2825 80 00 Antimony oxides 5,5
2825 90 Other:
– – Calcium oxide, hydroxide and peroxide:
2825 90 11 – – –Calcium 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
2825 90 19 – – – Other 4,6
2825 90 20 – – Beryllium oxide and hydroxide 5,3
2825 90 40 – – Tungsten oxides and hydroxides 4,6
2825 90 60 – – Cadmium oxide Free
2825 90 85 – – Other 5,5
V. SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS AND METALS
2826 Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts:
Fluorides:
2826 12 00 – – Of aluminium 5,3
2826 19 – – Other:
2826 19 10 – – – Of ammonium or of sodium 5,5
2826 19 90 – – – Other 5,3
2826 30 00 Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (synthetic cryolite) 5,5
2826 90 Other:
2826 90 10 – – Dipotassium hexafluorozirconate 5
2826 90 80 – – Other 5,5
2827 Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides:
2827 10 00 Ammonium chloride 5,5
2827 20 00 Calcium chloride 4,6
Other chlorides:
2827 31 00 – – Of magnesium 4,6
2827 32 00 – – Of aluminium 5,5
2827 35 00 – – Of nickel 5,5
2827 39 – – Other:
2827 39 10 – – – Of tin 4,1
2827 39 20 – – – Of iron 2,1
2827 39 30 – – – Of cobalt 5,5
2827 39 85 – – – Other 5,5
Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides:
2827 41 00 – – Of copper 3,2
2827 49 – – Other:
2827 49 10 – – – Of lead 3,2
2827 49 90 – – – Other 5,3
Bromides and bromide oxides:
2827 51 00 – – Bromides of sodium or of potassium 5,5
2827 59 00 – – Other 5,5
2827 60 00 Iodides and iodide oxides 5,5
2828 Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites:
2828 10 00 Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites 5,5
2828 90 00 Other 5,5
2829 Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates:
Chlorates:
2829 11 00 – – Of sodium 5,5
2829 19 00 – – Other 5,5
2829 90 Other:
2829 90 10 – – Perchlorates 4,8
2829 90 40 – – Bromates of potassium or of sodium Free
2829 90 80 – – Other 5,5
2830 Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined:
2830 10 00 Sodium sulphides 5,5
2830 90 Other:
2830 90 11 – – Sulphides of calcium, of antimony or of iron 4,6
2830 90 85 – – Other 5,5
2831 Dithionites and sulphoxylates:
2831 10 00 Of sodium 5,5
2831 90 00 Other 5,5
2832 Sulphites; thiosulphates:
2832 10 00 Sodium sulphites 5,5
2832 20 00 Other sulphites 5,5
2832 30 00 Thiosulphates 5,5
2833 Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates):
Sodium sulphates:
2833 11 00 – – Disodium sulphate 5,5
2833 19 00 – – Other 5,5
Other sulphates:
2833 21 00 – – Of magnesium 5,5
2833 22 00 – – Of aluminium 5,5
2833 24 00 – – Of nickel 5
2833 25 00 – – Of copper 3,2
2833 27 00 – – Of barium 5,5
2833 29 – – Other:
2833 29 20 – – – Of cadmium; of chromium; of zinc 5,5
2833 29 30 – – – Of cobalt; of titanium 5,3
2833 29 60 – – – Of lead 4,6
2833 29 80 – – – Other 5
2833 30 00 Alums 5,5
2833 40 00 Peroxosulphates (persulphates) 5,5
2834 Nitrites; nitrates:
2834 10 00 Nitrites 5,5
Nitrates:
2834 21 00 – – Of potassium 5,5
2834 29 – – Other:
2834 29 20 – – – Of barium; of beryllium; of cadmium; of cobalt; of nickel; of lead 5,5
2834 29 40 – – – Of copper 4,6
2834 29 80 – – – Other 3
2835 Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined:
2835 10 00 Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites) 5,5
Phosphates:
2835 22 00 – – Of mono- or disodium 5,5
2835 24 00 – – Of potassium 5,5
2835 25 00 – – Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (‘dicalcium phosphate’ ) 5,5
2835 26 00 – – Other phosphates of calcium 5,5
2835 29 – – Other:
2835 29 10 – – – Of triammonium 5,3
2835 29 30 – – – Of trisodium 5,5
2835 29 90 – – – Other 5,5
Polyphosphates:
2835 31 00 – – Sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate) 5,5
2835 39 00 – – Other 5,5
2836 Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate:
2836 20 00 Disodium carbonate 5,5
2836 30 00 Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) 5,5
2836 40 00 Potassium carbonates 5,5
2836 50 00 Calcium carbonate 5
2836 60 00 Barium carbonate 5,5
Other:
2836 91 00 – – Lithium carbonates 5,5
2836 92 00 – – Strontium carbonate 5,5
2836 99 – – Other:
– – – Carbonates:
2836 99 11 – – – – Of magnesium; of copper 3,7
2836 99 17 – – – – Other 5,5
2836 99 90 – – – Peroxocarbonates (percarbonates) 5,5
2837 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides:
Cyanides and cyanide oxides:
2837 11 00 – – Of sodium 5,5
2837 19 00 – – Other 5,5
2837 20 00 Complex cyanides 5,5
[2838]
2839 Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates:
Of sodium:
2839 11 00 – – Sodium metasilicates 5
2839 19 00 – – Other 5
2839 90 00 Other 5
2840 Borates; peroxoborates (perborates):
Disodium tetraborate (refined borax):
2840 11 00 – – Anhydrous Free
2840 19 – – Other:
2840 19 10 – – – Disodium tetraborate pentahydrate Free
2840 19 90 – – – Other 5,3
2840 20 Other borates:
2840 20 10 – – Borates of sodium, anhydrous Free
2840 20 90 – – Other 5,3
2840 30 00 Peroxoborates (perborates) 5,5
2841 Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids:
2841 30 00 Sodium dichromate 5,5
2841 50 00 Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates 5,5
Manganites, manganates and permanganates:
2841 61 00 – – Potassium permanganate 5,5
2841 69 00 – – Other 5,5
2841 70 00 Molybdates 5,5
2841 80 00 Tungstates (wolframates) 5,5
2841 90 Other:
2841 90 30 – – Zincates and vanadates 4,6
2841 90 40 – – Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides 5,5
2841 90 70 – – Other 5,5
2842 Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides:
2842 10 00 Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined 5,5
2842 90 Other:
2842 90 10 – – Salts, double salts or complex salts of selenium or tellurium acids 5,3
2842 90 20 – – Lithium iron phosphate 5,5
2842 90 70 – – Other 5,5
VI. MISCELLANEOUS
2843 Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals:
2843 10 Colloidal precious metals:
2843 10 10 – – Silver 5,3
2843 10 90 – – Other 3,7
Silver compounds:
2843 21 00 – – Silver nitrate 5,5
2843 29 00 – – Other 5,5
2843 30 00 Gold compounds 3 g
2843 90 Other compounds; amalgams:
2843 90 10 – – Amalgams 5,3
2843 90 90 – – Other 3 g
2844 Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products:
2844 10 Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds:
– – Natural uranium:
2844 10 10 – – – Crude; waste and scrap (Euratom) Free kg U
2844 10 30 – – – Worked (Euratom) Free kg U
2844 10 50 – – Ferro-uranium Free kg U
2844 10 90 – – Other (Euratom) Free kg U
2844 20 Uranium 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:
2844 20 25 – – – Ferro-uranium Free gi F/S
2844 20 35 – – – Other (Euratom) Free gi 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:
2844 20 51 – – – – Ferro-uranium Free gi F/S
2844 20 59 – – – – Other (Euratom) Free gi F/S
2844 20 99 – – – Other Free gi F/S
2844 30 Uranium 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:
2844 30 11 – – – Cermets 5,5
2844 30 19 – – – Other 2,9
– – Thorium; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing thorium or compounds of this product:
2844 30 51 – – – Cermets 5,5
– – – Other:
2844 30 55 – – – – Crude, waste and scrap (Euratom) Free
– – – – Worked:
2844 30 61 – – – – – Bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, sheets and strips (Euratom) Free
2844 30 69 – – – – – Other (Euratom) 1,5 (3)
– – Compounds of uranium depleted in U 235 or of thorium, whether or not mixed together:
2844 30 91 – – – Of thorium or of uranium depleted in U 235, whether or not mixed together (Euratom), other than thorium salts Free
2844 30 99 – – – Other Free
Radioactive 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:
2844 41 – – Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds:
2844 41 10 – – – Artificial radioactive isotope (Euratom); compounds of artificial radioactive isotope (Euratom) Free
2844 41 90 – – – Other Free
2844 42 – – Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds:
2844 42 10 – – – Artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom); compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom) Free
2844 42 90 – – – Other Free
2844 43 – – Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds:
2844 43 10 – – – Uranium-233 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium-233 or its compounds Free
2844 43 20 – – – Artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom); compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom) Free
2844 43 80 – – – Other Free
2844 44 00 – – Radioactive residues Free
2844 50 00 Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors (Euratom) Free gi F/S
2845 Isotopes other than those of heading 2844 ; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined:
2845 10 00 Heavy water (deuterium oxide) (Euratom) 5,5
2845 20 00 Boron enriched in boron-10 and its compounds 5,5
2845 30 00 Lithium enriched in lithium-6 and its compounds 5,5
2845 40 00 Helium-3 5,5
2845 90 Other:
2845 90 10 – – Deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products (Euratom) 5,5
2845 90 90 – – Other 5,5
2846 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals:
2846 10 00 Cerium compounds 3,2
2846 90 Other:
2846 90 30 – – Scandium compounds 3,2
2846 90 40 – – Lanthanum compounds 3,2
2846 90 50 – – Compounds of praseodymium, neodymium or samarium (2) 3,2
2846 90 60 – – Compounds of gadolinium, terbium or dysprosium (2) 3,2
2846 90 70 – – Compounds of europium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium or yttrium (2) 3,2
2846 90 90 – – Compounds of mixtures of metals 3,2
2847 00 00 Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea 5,5 kg H2O2
[2848]
2849 Carbides, whether or not chemically defined:
2849 10 00 Of calcium 5,5
2849 20 00 Of silicon 5,5
2849 90 Other:
2849 90 10 – – Of boron 4,1
2849 90 30 – – Of tungsten 5,5
2849 90 50 – – Of aluminium; of chromium; of molybdenum; of vanadium; of tantalum; of titanium 5,5
2849 90 90 – – Other 5,3
2850 00 Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849 :
2850 00 20 – Hydrides; nitrides 4,6
2850 00 60 – Azides; silicides 5,5
2850 00 90 – Borides 5,3
[2851]
2852 Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams:
2852 10 00 Chemically defined 5,5
2852 90 00 Other 5,5
2853 Phosphides, 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:
2853 10 00 Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan) 5,5
2853 90 Other:
2853 90 10 – – Distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity 2,7
2853 90 30 – – Liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air 4,1
2853 90 90 – – Other 5,5
(1) At a pressure of 1 013  mbar and at a temperature of 15 °C. (2) Statistical TARIC codes: see Annex 10. (3) Autonomous duty: Free.

1.Except where the context otherwise requires, the headings of this chapter apply only to:

(a) separate chemically defined organic compounds, whether or not containing impurities;

(b) mixtures of two or more isomers of the same organic compound (whether or not containing impurities), except mixtures of acyclic hydrocarbon isomers (other than stereoisomers), whether or not saturated (Chapter 27);

(c) the products of headings 2936 to 2939 or the sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, of heading 2940 , or the products of heading 2941 , whether or not chemically defined;

(d) the products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in water;

(e) the products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a normal and necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of safety or for transport and that the solvent does not render the product particularly suitable for a specific use rather than for general use;

(f) the products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above with an added stabiliser (including an anti-caking agent) necessary for their preservation or transport;

(g) the products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above with an added anti-dusting agent or a colouring or odoriferous substance or an emetic added to facilitate their identification or for safety reasons, provided that the additions do not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use;

(h) the following products, diluted to standard strengths, for the production of azo dyes: diazonium salts, couplers used for these salts and diazotizable amines and their salts.

2.This chapter does not cover:

(a) goods of heading 1504 or crude glycerol of heading 1520 ;

(b) ethyl alcohol (heading 2207 or 2208 );

(c) methane or propane (heading 2711 );

(d) the compounds of carbon mentioned in note 2 to Chapter 28;

(e) immunological products of heading 3002 ;

(f) urea (heading 3102 or 3105 );

(g) colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (heading 3203 ), synthetic organic colouring matter, synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores (heading 3204 ) or dyes or other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale (heading 3212 );

(h) enzymes (heading 3507 );

(ij) metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine or similar substances, put up in forms (for example, tablets, sticks or similar forms) for use as fuels, or liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3 (heading 3606 );

(k) products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades, of heading 3813 ; ink removers put up in packings for retail sale, of heading 3824 ; or

(l) optical elements, for example, of ethylenediamine tartrate (heading 9001 ).

3.Goods which could be included in two or more of the headings of this chapter are to be classified in that one of those headings which occurs last in numerical order.

4.In headings 2904 to 2906 , 2908 to 2911 and 2913 to 2920 , any reference to halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives includes a reference to compound derivatives, such as sulphohalogenated, nitrohalogenated, nitrosulphonated or nitrosulphohalogenated derivatives.

Nitro or nitroso groups are not to be taken as ‘nitrogen-functions’ for the purposes of heading 2929 .

For the purposes of headings 2911 , 2912 , 2914 , 2918 and 2922 , ‘oxygen function’, the characteristic organic oxygen-containing group of those respective headings, is restricted to the oxygen-functions referred to in headings 2905 to 2920 .

5.

(A) The esters of acid-function organic compounds of sub-chapters I to VII with organic compounds of these sub-chapters are to be classified with that compound which is classified in the heading which occurs last in numerical order in these sub-chapters.

(B) Esters of ethyl alcohol with acid-function organic compounds of sub-chapters I to VII are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding acid-function compounds. (C) Subject to note 1 to Section VI and note 2 to Chapter 28: (1) inorganic salts of organic compounds such as acid-, phenol- or enol-function compounds or organic bases, of sub-chapters I to X or heading 2942 , are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the organic compound; (2) salts formed between organic compounds of sub-chapters I to X or heading 2942 are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the base or to the acid (including phenol- or enol-function compounds) from which they are formed, whichever occurs last in numerical order in the chapter; and (3) coordination compounds, other than products classifiable in sub-chapter XI or heading 2941 , are to be classified in the heading which occurs last in numerical order in Chapter 29, among those appropriate to the fragments formed by ‘cleaving’ of all metal bonds, other than metal-carbon bonds. (D) Metal alcoholates are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding alcohols except in the case of ethanol (heading 2905 ). (E) Halides of carboxylic acids are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding acids.

6.The compounds of headings 2930 and 2931 are organic compounds the molecules of which contain, in addition to atoms of hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen, atoms of other non-metals or of metals (such as sulphur, arsenic or lead) directly linked to carbon atoms.

Heading 2930 (organo-sulphur compounds) and heading 2931 (other organo-inorganic compounds) do not include sulphonated or halogenated derivatives (including compound derivatives) which, apart from hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, only have directly linked to carbon the atoms of sulphur or of a halogen which give them their nature of sulphonated or halogenated derivatives (or compound derivatives).

7.Headings 2932 , 2933 and 2934 do not include epoxides with a three-membered ring, ketone peroxides, cyclic polymers of aldehydes or of thioaldehydes, anhydrides of polybasic carboxylic acids, cyclic esters of polyhydric alcohols or phenols with polybasic acids, or imides of polybasic acids.

These provisions apply only when the ring-position hetero-atoms are those resulting solely from the cyclising function or functions here listed.

8.For the purposes of heading 2937 :

(a) the term ‘hormones’ includes hormone-releasing or hormone-stimulating factors, hormone inhibitors and hormone antagonists (anti-hormones);

(b) the expression ‘used primarily as hormones’ applies not only to hormone derivatives and structural analogues used primarily for their hormonal effect, but also to those derivatives and structural analogues used primarily as intermediates in the synthesis of products of this heading.

1.Within any one heading of this chapter, derivatives of a chemical compound (or group of chemical compounds) are to be classified in the same subheading as that compound (or group of compounds), provided that they are not more specifically covered by any other subheading and that there is no residual subheading named ‘Other’ in the series of subheadings concerned.

2.Note 3 to Chapter 29 does not apply to the subheadings of this chapter.

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