HS code 2853: VI. MISCELLANEOUS | Phosphides, whether or not chemically
Heading 2853 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
2853VI. MISCELLANEOUS | Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals
Place in the nomenclature: 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes > 2853
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined (excl. ferrophosphorus); inorganic compounds, incl. distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity, n.e.s.; liquid air, whether or not rare gases have been removed; compressed air; amalgams (excl. amalgams of precious metals)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 4
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2853
- 2853 10Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan)
- 2853 10 00 Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan)
- 2853 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined (excl. ferrophosphorus); inorganic compounds, incl. distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity, n.e.s.; liquid air, whether or not rare gases have been removed; compressed air; amalgams (excl. amalgams of precious metals)
- 2853 90 10 Distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity
- 2853 90 30 Liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air
- 2853 90 90 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.