HS code 2905: II. ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED
Heading 2905 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 29, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
2905II. ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
Place in the nomenclature: 29 Organic chemicals > 2905
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 20
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 31
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2905
- 2905 11Saturated monohydric alcohols | Methanol (methyl alcohol)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Methanol "methyl alcohol"
- 2905 11 00 Methanol (methyl alcohol)
- 2905 12Saturated monohydric alcohols | Propan-1-ol (propyl alcohol) and propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Propan-1-ol "propyl alcohol" and propan-2-ol "isopropyl alcohol"
- 2905 12 00 Propan-1-ol (propyl alcohol) and propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol)
- 2905 13Saturated monohydric alcohols | Butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Butan-1-ol "n-butyl alcohol"
- 2905 13 00 Butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)
- 2905 14Saturated monohydric alcohols | Other butanols
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Butanols (excl. butan-1-ol "n-butyl alcohol")
- 2905 14 10 2-Methylpropan-2-ol (tert-butyl alcohol)
- 2905 14 90 Other
- 2905 16Saturated monohydric alcohols | Octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Octanol "octyl alcohol" and isomers thereof
- 2905 16 20 Octan-2-ol
- 2905 16 85 Other
- 2905 17Saturated monohydric alcohols | Dodecan-1-ol (lauryl alcohol), hexadecan-1-ol (cetyl alcohol) and octadecan-1-ol (stearyl alcohol)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Dodecan-1-ol "lauryl alcohol", hexadecan-1-ol "cetyl alcohol" and octadecan-1-ol "stearyl alcohol"
- 2905 17 00 Dodecan-1-ol (lauryl alcohol), hexadecan-1-ol (cetyl alcohol) and octadecan-1-ol (stearyl alcohol)
- 2905 19Saturated monohydric alcohols | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Saturated monohydric acyclic alcohols (excl. methanol "methyl alcohol", propan-1-ol "propyl alcohol", propan-2-ol "isopropyl alcohol", butanols, octanol "octyl alcohol" and isomers thereof, dodecan-1-ol "lauryl alcohol", hexadecan-1-ol "cetyl alcohol" and octadecan-1-ol "stearyl alcohol")
- 2905 19 00 Other
- 2905 22Unsaturated monohydric alcohols | Acyclic terpene alcohols
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Acyclic terpene alcohols
- 2905 22 00 Acyclic terpene alcohols
- 2905 29Unsaturated monohydric alcohols | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Unsaturated monohydric acyclic alcohols (excl. acyclic terpene alcohols)
- 2905 29 10 Allyl alcohol
- 2905 29 90 Other
- 2905 31Diols | Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ethylene glycol "ethanediol"
- 2905 31 00 Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)
- 2905 32Diols | Propylene glycol (propane-1,2-diol)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Propylene glycol "propane-1,2-diol"
- 2905 32 00 Propylene glycol (propane-1,2-diol)
- 2905 39Diols | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Diols (excl. ethylene glycol "ethanediol" and propylene glycol "propane-1,2-diol")
- 2905 39 20 Butane-1,3-diol
- 2905 39 26 Butane-1,4-diol | Butane-1,4-diol or tetramethylene glycol (1,4-butanediol) having a bio-based carbon content of 100 % by mass
- 2905 39 28 Butane-1,4-diol | Other
- 2905 39 30 2,4,7,9-Tetramethyldec-5-yne-4,7-diol
- 2905 39 95 Other
- 2905 41Other polyhydric alcohols | 2-Ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol (trimethylolpropane)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): 2-Ethyl-2-"hydroxymethyl" propane-1,3-diol "trimethylolpropane"
- 2905 41 00 2-Ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol (trimethylolpropane)
- 2905 42Other polyhydric alcohols | Pentaerythritol
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Pentaerythritol
- 2905 42 00 Pentaerythritol
- 2905 43Other polyhydric alcohols | Mannitol
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Mannitol
- 2905 43 00 Mannitol
- 2905 44Other polyhydric alcohols | D-glucitol (sorbitol)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): D-glucitol "sorbitol"
- 2905 44 11 In aqueous solution | Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content
- 2905 44 19 In aqueous solution | Other
- 2905 44 91 Other | Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content
- 2905 44 99 Other | Other
- 2905 45Other polyhydric alcohols | Glycerol
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Glycerol
- 2905 45 00 Glycerol
- 2905 49Other polyhydric alcohols | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Tri- and other polyhydric acyclic alcohols (excl. 2-ethyl-2-"hydroxymethyl" propane-1,3-diol "trimethylolpropane", pentaerythritol, mannitol, d-glucitol "sorbitol" and glycerol)
- 2905 49 00 Other
- 2905 51Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of acyclic alcohols | Ethchlorvynol (INN)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ethchlorvynol "INN"
- 2905 51 00 Ethchlorvynol (INN)
- 2905 59Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of acyclic alcohols | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives or acyclic alcohols (excl. ethchlorvynol "INN")
- 2905 59 91 2,2-Bis(bromomethyl)propanediol
- 2905 59 98 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.