HS chapter 26: Ores, slag and ash
Chapter 26 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, with the official text of every heading in it and their 6-digit subheadings.
Official description
26ORES, SLAG AND ASH
- Headings (4 digits)
- 21
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 37
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 45
Headings in chapter 26
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Iron ores and concentrates, incl. roasted iron pyrites
- 2601 11 Iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites | Non-agglomerated
- 2601 12 Iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites | Agglomerated
- 2601 20 Roasted iron pyrites
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Manganese ores and concentrates, incl. ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates, with a manganese content of >= 20%, calculated on the dry weight
- 2602 00 Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20 % or more, calculated on the dry weight
- 2603 00 Copper ores and concentrates
- 2604 00 Nickel ores and concentrates
- 2605 00 Cobalt ores and concentrates
- 2606 00 Aluminium ores and concentrates
- 2607 00 Lead ores and concentrates
- 2608 00 Zinc ores and concentrates
- 2609 00 Tin ores and concentrates
- 2610 00 Chromium ores and concentrates
- 2611 00 Tungsten ores and concentrates
- 2612 10 Uranium ores and concentrates
- 2612 20 Thorium ores and concentrates
- 2613 10 Roasted
- 2613 90 Other
- 2614 00 Titanium ores and concentrates
- 2615 10 Zirconium ores and concentrates
- 2615 90 Other
- 2616 10 Silver ores and concentrates
- 2616 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ores and concentrates (excl. iron, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, chromium, tungsten, uranium, thorium, molybdenum, titanium, niobium, tantalum, vanadium, zirconium and precious-metal ores and concentrates)
- 2617 10 Antimony ores and concentrates
- 2617 90 Other
- 2618 00 Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Slag, dross, scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel (excl. granulated slag)
- 2619 00 Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Slag, ash and residues containing metals, arsenic or their compounds (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel)
- 2620 11 Containing mainly zinc | Hard zinc spelter
- 2620 19 Containing mainly zinc | Other
- 2620 21 Containing mainly lead | Leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges
- 2620 29 Containing mainly lead | Other
- 2620 30 Containing mainly copper
- 2620 40 Containing mainly aluminium
- 2620 60 Containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds
- 2620 91 Other | Containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures
- 2620 99 Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Slag and ash, incl. seaweed ash "kelp"; ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste (excl. slag, incl. granulated, from the manufacture of iron or steel and ashes and residues containing arsenic, metals or metal compounds)
- 2621 10 Ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste
- 2621 90 Other
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.