HS code 2908: III. PHENOLS, PHENOL-ALCOHOLS, AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED
Heading 2908 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
2908III. PHENOLS, PHENOL-ALCOHOLS, AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES | Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols
Place in the nomenclature: 29 Organic chemicals > 2908
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 5
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 5
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2908
- 2908 11Derivatives containing only halogen substituents and their salts | Pentachlorophenol (ISO)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Pentachlorophenol "ISO"
- 2908 11 00 Pentachlorophenol (ISO)
- 2908 19Derivatives containing only halogen substituents and their salts | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Derivatives containing only halogen substituents and their salts, of phenols or phenol-alcohols (excl. pentachlorophenol [ISO])
- 2908 19 00 Other
- 2908 91Other | Dinoseb (ISO) and its salts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Dinoseb "ISO" and its salts
- 2908 91 00 Dinoseb (ISO) and its salts
- 2908 92Other | 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) and its salts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) and its salts
- 2908 92 00 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) and its salts
- 2908 99Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols (excl. derivatives containing only halogen substitutes and their salts, dinoseb [ISO] and its salts, and 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol [DNOC [ISO]] and its salts)
- 2908 99 00 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.