HS code 2821: IV. INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES
Heading 2821 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
2821IV. INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES OF METALS | Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3
Place in the nomenclature: 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes > 2821
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing >= 70% by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2821
- 2821 10Iron oxides and hydroxides
- 2821 10 00 Iron oxides and hydroxides
- 2821 20Earth colours
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Earth colours containing >= 70% by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3
- 2821 20 00 Earth colours
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.