HS code 2844: VI. MISCELLANEOUS | Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive
Heading 2844 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
2844VI. MISCELLANEOUS | Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
Place in the nomenclature: 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes > 2844
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes, incl. their fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes, and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 8
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 26
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2844
- 2844 10Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions, incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compound [Euratom]
- 2844 10 10 Natural uranium | Crude; waste and scrap (Euratom)
- 2844 10 30 Natural uranium | Worked (Euratom)
- 2844 10 50 Ferro-uranium
- 2844 10 90 Other (Euratom)
- 2844 20Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds: plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions, incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products [Euratom]
- 2844 20 25 Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235 or compounds of these products | Ferro-uranium
- 2844 20 35 Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235 or compounds of these products | Other (Euratom)
- 2844 20 51 Plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing plutonium or compounds of these products | Mixtures of uranium and plutonium | Ferro-uranium
- 2844 20 59 Plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing plutonium or compounds of these products | Mixtures of uranium and plutonium | Other (Euratom)
- 2844 20 99 Plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing plutonium or compounds of these products | Other
- 2844 30Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions, incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products
- 2844 30 11 Uranium depleted in U 235; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235 or compounds of this product | Cermets
- 2844 30 19 Uranium depleted in U 235; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235 or compounds of this product | Other
- 2844 30 51 Thorium; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing thorium or compounds of this product | Cermets
- 2844 30 55 Thorium; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing thorium or compounds of this product | Other | Crude, waste and scrap (Euratom)
- 2844 30 61 Thorium; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing thorium or compounds of this product | Other | Worked | Bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, sheets and strips (Euratom)
- 2844 30 69 Thorium; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing thorium or compounds of this product | Other | Worked | Other (Euratom)
- 2844 30 91 Compounds of uranium depleted in U 235 or of thorium, whether or not mixed together | Of thorium or of uranium depleted in U 235, whether or not mixed together (Euratom), other than thorium salts
- 2844 30 99 Compounds of uranium depleted in U 235 or of thorium, whether or not mixed together | Other
- 2844 41Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 284410, 284420 or 284430; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues | Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds
- 2844 41 10 Artificial radioactive isotope (Euratom); compounds of artificial radioactive isotope (Euratom)
- 2844 41 90 Other
- 2844 42Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 284410, 284420 or 284430; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues | Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds
- 2844 42 10 Artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom); compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom)
- 2844 42 90 Other
- 2844 43Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 284410, 284420 or 284430; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues | Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; alloys, dispersions incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds (excl. natural uranium, uranium enriched and depleted in U 235; plutonium, thorium, tritium, actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230, uranium-232 and their compounds, and alloys, dispersions, ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds)
- 2844 43 10 Uranium-233 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium-233 or its compounds
- 2844 43 20 Artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom); compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes (Euratom)
- 2844 43 80 Other
- 2844 44Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 284410, 284420 or 284430; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues | Radioactive residues
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Radioactive residues
- 2844 44 00 Radioactive residues
- 2844 50Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors (Euratom)
- 2844 50 00 Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors (Euratom)
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.