HS code 2712: Petroleum jelly
Heading 2712 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 27, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
2712Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured
Place in the nomenclature: 27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes > 2712
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Petroleum jelly, paraffin wax, micro- crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 11
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2712
- 2712 10Petroleum jelly
- 2712 10 10 Crude
- 2712 10 90 Other
- 2712 20Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0,75 % of oil
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Paraffin wax containing < 0,75% by weight of oil
- 2712 20 10 Synthetic paraffin wax of a molecular weight of 460 or more but not exceeding 1560
- 2712 20 90 Other
- 2712 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured (excl. petroleum jelly and paraffin wax containing < 0,75% by weight of oil)
- 2712 90 11 Ozokerite, lignite wax or peat wax (natural products) | Crude
- 2712 90 19 Ozokerite, lignite wax or peat wax (natural products) | Other
- 2712 90 31 Other | Crude | For undergoing a specific process
- 2712 90 33 Other | Crude | For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 27129031
- 2712 90 39 Other | Crude | For other purposes
- 2712 90 91 Other | Other | Blend of 1-alkenes containing by weight 80 % or more of 1-alkenes of a chain-length of 24 carbon atoms or more but not exceeding 28 carbon atoms
- 2712 90 99 Other | Other | Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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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.