HS code 2840: V. SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS
Heading 2840 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
2840V. SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS AND METALS | Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)
Place in the nomenclature: 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes > 2840
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Borates; peroxoborates "perborates"
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2840
- 2840 11Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) | Anhydrous
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Anhydrous disodium tetraborate "refined borax"
- 2840 11 00 Anhydrous
- 2840 19Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Disodium tetraborate "refined borax" (excl. anhydrous)
- 2840 19 10 Disodium tetraborate pentahydrate
- 2840 19 90 Other
- 2840 20Other borates
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Borates (excl. disodium tetraborate "refined borax")
- 2840 20 10 Borates of sodium, anhydrous
- 2840 20 90 Other
- 2840 30Peroxoborates (perborates)
- 2840 30 00 Peroxoborates (perborates)
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.