HS code 2803: I. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS | Carbon
Heading 2803 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 28, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
2803I. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS | Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)
Place in the nomenclature: 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes > 2803
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Carbon "carbon blacks and other forms of carbon", n.e.s.
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 1
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 1
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2803
- 2803 00Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Carbon "carbon blacks and other forms of carbon", n.e.s.
- 2803 00 00 Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)
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.